Three-day weekend
Oct. 20th, 2020 01:09 amThings happen that I haven't been talking about.
I watched RBG with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
norwoodbridge last weekend and found it both interesting and touching. So many victories she won in the 70s, before I was conceived (and when I was a toddler). Then the tide turned and there weren't so many victories, but there were dissents that caused laws to be created. There were ovations, there was adulation, just for fighting. In the end, as we know, she got stuck -- she was old, tired, and a widow, but couldn't retire because she didn't want her successor to be appointed by Trump. She knew she was still doing some good. And that's how it went, all the way to the end. Her story makes me feel pretty conflicted about my own retire-early plans, but I also kind of think she might have approved. She wanted women to be able to do whatever the hell they wanted.
Also on the topic of remarkable women, How To Fail with Elizabeth Day did a podcast episode with Tara Westover and that was a pretty great listen.
I got through last week, possibly aided by bingeing YA reading late into the night, and took a three-day weekend. I slept a LOT, like almost until noon the last two days. I voted, and made tamales for a whole afternoon (that's when I listened to the podcast, and more Evolution of Everything), and worked out. Got a flu shot -- my doctor was all set up with open doors and a one-way flow through their lobby. Listened to the new Fleet Foxes album. For social, there were two walks and some outdoor juggling, where the bug qualified his 5-ball cascade pattern and caught it on video (impressive!). Worked on my quilt a little, and even played with material for my circus act a little.
It's so easy to have a nice life when I actually disconnect from work. But it's not like, if I went to 80% part-time, I would actually disconnect for three days every weekend. It feels easier to flat-out quit than to go part-time. I wrote out part of my goodbye letter when I was logged in briefly on Sunday night (I did do one work-task)... it may be two years early but it kind of helped me think through my actions anyway.
I'm thinking a lot about a term from my evolution book, the "adjacent possible". What is adjacent? What is possible?
I watched RBG with
norwoodbridge last weekend and found it both interesting and touching. So many victories she won in the 70s, before I was conceived (and when I was a toddler). Then the tide turned and there weren't so many victories, but there were dissents that caused laws to be created. There were ovations, there was adulation, just for fighting. In the end, as we know, she got stuck -- she was old, tired, and a widow, but couldn't retire because she didn't want her successor to be appointed by Trump. She knew she was still doing some good. And that's how it went, all the way to the end. Her story makes me feel pretty conflicted about my own retire-early plans, but I also kind of think she might have approved. She wanted women to be able to do whatever the hell they wanted. Also on the topic of remarkable women, How To Fail with Elizabeth Day did a podcast episode with Tara Westover and that was a pretty great listen.
I got through last week, possibly aided by bingeing YA reading late into the night, and took a three-day weekend. I slept a LOT, like almost until noon the last two days. I voted, and made tamales for a whole afternoon (that's when I listened to the podcast, and more Evolution of Everything), and worked out. Got a flu shot -- my doctor was all set up with open doors and a one-way flow through their lobby. Listened to the new Fleet Foxes album. For social, there were two walks and some outdoor juggling, where the bug qualified his 5-ball cascade pattern and caught it on video (impressive!). Worked on my quilt a little, and even played with material for my circus act a little.
It's so easy to have a nice life when I actually disconnect from work. But it's not like, if I went to 80% part-time, I would actually disconnect for three days every weekend. It feels easier to flat-out quit than to go part-time. I wrote out part of my goodbye letter when I was logged in briefly on Sunday night (I did do one work-task)... it may be two years early but it kind of helped me think through my actions anyway.
I'm thinking a lot about a term from my evolution book, the "adjacent possible". What is adjacent? What is possible?
