loving this thread.

inhibition is such a subtle thing. very easy to hear "inhibit" and think of a sort of clenching behavior, as if holding back a smile or tears. but those are both muscular activations.

inhibition is explicitly a non-doing a la @mashcroft.bsky.social.

Imagine money as condensation not compensation.

"Movement skill is movement inhibition... In fact, inhibition of neural activity is a higher order skill than activation, which tends to spread or irradiate from place to place without any help." https://www.bettermovement.org/blog/2012/parasitic-movements

I'm reminded that Feldenkrais is about learning to inhibit unnecessary muscular activity in relation to any given movement

cc @sager.bsky.social who knows more about muscular tension and the nuances of physiological stress response

just like a river

you are so damn cool

I hadn't really considered it much, though now that you say it it's definitely something I've experienced. This feeling that it's possible to "fail" at taking time off. That you can do it wrong in some way. Sabbaticals have become a new sexy formula for success in many ways.

Damn, that's fascinating. So true. Especially over the last couple years, there's been an ever-growing narrative about people leaving their jobs, taking sabbaticals, etc. There's an embedded promise and expectation about how everything will work out by doing so.

Haha good question. I just mean that none of it has been perfectly easy and happy, even though it has been largely wonderful and full of positive growth. None of it has been *purely* sunshine and rainbows.

If we've told the grand narrative, with a happy ending, in order to prove some point about having figured it all out... what do we do with the rut?

And what are the emotional, psychological consequences to us of how we handle talking (or not talking) about that rut?

Puts the narrative at risk!

I've gone through something very similar. Took a bunch of time off, went through a lot of changes, came out the other end into a very new situation. So, so much pull to say "hey look at my hero's journey." But none of it has been sunshine and rainbows.

hot damn i love mountains. that looks freaking incredible

It's one of the biggest reasons I do so little writing about myself and my experiences. The pull to package things into a compelling story too quickly is so seductive.

One of my biggest takeaways from a writing challenge I did:
https://dudejustloveyourself.com/index.php/2020/03/02/day-21-premature/

'Millionaires and the surprising truth about their money worries' by Tom Nixon.

A live reading of an article that changed my life.

https://youtube.com/live/9i5UMvOmzTE