Speaking as a fellow antsy physical-outdoors etc. ADHD person who also grew up on LJ, I can really relate to this, but gradually, as I've gotten older, I've found these experiences in life are inevitable one way or another--they are actually part of life, not a detour--it's actually just the narrative we internally construct that such injuries or periods are "getting in the way of X" and waiting to get back to it. So I think it's also how we approach it, because they'll happen one way or another. A friend of mine who is a physical therapist says it's always the fittest people who mentally collapse the most when they have an injury vs his clients that already have mobility issues etc.
well, this essay rules as usual. i'm sorry about your leg! also friday the 13th WAS a really bad day. fen got a weird random infection that day and we were at the vet all day and it's taken two weeks to resolve with many follow up visits and lots of $$$$. oh and the feng shui guy i follow said that day was very bad on the feng shui charts if we want to loop the universe back into this
As I read this my staffy Remus is wedged next to me on the couch, cooling off in reverse sploot position: on his back, rear legs spread, front legs curled… an upside down house hippo.
I was just talking with friends about the ways all of us move in and out of ability and health at different times of our lives. It has become especially apparent to me these past few years. Wishing you a rewarding mooby deng phase!
Speaking as a fellow antsy physical-outdoors etc. ADHD person who also grew up on LJ, I can really relate to this, but gradually, as I've gotten older, I've found these experiences in life are inevitable one way or another--they are actually part of life, not a detour--it's actually just the narrative we internally construct that such injuries or periods are "getting in the way of X" and waiting to get back to it. So I think it's also how we approach it, because they'll happen one way or another. A friend of mine who is a physical therapist says it's always the fittest people who mentally collapse the most when they have an injury vs his clients that already have mobility issues etc.
well, this essay rules as usual. i'm sorry about your leg! also friday the 13th WAS a really bad day. fen got a weird random infection that day and we were at the vet all day and it's taken two weeks to resolve with many follow up visits and lots of $$$$. oh and the feng shui guy i follow said that day was very bad on the feng shui charts if we want to loop the universe back into this
thanks elinor! and oh no how is lil fen doing? let's definitely blame this all on the universe. i'm feeling better about it already.
he's ok now-- it was a weird mystery illness no one could find a cause for!
As I read this my staffy Remus is wedged next to me on the couch, cooling off in reverse sploot position: on his back, rear legs spread, front legs curled… an upside down house hippo.
I was just talking with friends about the ways all of us move in and out of ability and health at different times of our lives. It has become especially apparent to me these past few years. Wishing you a rewarding mooby deng phase!