I want to start dancing more often. Lately I've been distracted with work and lots of responsibilities that I have neglected my dancing. But seeing as this accountability thing is actually keeping me working. I might as well start my 1 hour dance for a week to improve my cardio and dance skills. This year we fight for our way!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Yes. This is a tale not for the faint of heart, but for the tangled, the looped, the spiritually constipated, and the beautifully stubborn. This is the tale of the “Unfuck Yourself!” Dragon — the only dragon who doesn’t breathe fire… …it spits truth. 🐉 Villager Mythos Tale: “The Dragon Who Wouldn’t Help” Also known as: The One Who Helped the Most ⸻ There once was a villager named Thomlin who had too many problems. He was late to everything. He self-sabotaged every love he touched. He blamed his parents, the weather, society, the stars, and his own reflection. He had a journal full of deep thoughts and a to-do list from the year before. He was a beautiful mess, and it was starting to smell. So he did what most of us do when we’re at our wit’s end. He went to find a dragon. High on the cliffs above the village lived one — but not the wise, whispering type. No riddles, no potions, no sacred relics. Just one massive beast, sunbathing in the wind, with eyes like judgment and breath like peppermint rage. Thomlin approached with bowed head. “Oh great one,” he began, “I have come to ask—” “UNFUCK YOURSELF.” The dragon didn’t even open one eye. “I—pardon?” “You heard me.” “Un. Fuck. Your. Self.” Thomlin was stunned. “But I haven’t told you my problems.” “I already know them. They’re the same five as everyone else’s. You’re scared. You’re stubborn. You’re tired. You lie to yourself. And you think thinking about it is the same as doing something about it.” Thomlin opened his mouth. Closed it. “But I was hoping for a tool…” “Here’s your tool.” The dragon tapped his giant claw against his scaly head. “Use this. Then use that thing below your ribs. Then move your feet.” Thomlin frowned. “But I feel—” “UNFUCK. YOUR. SELF.” “But—” “NO BUTS. Except the one you’re sitting on. Lift it. Get to work. Then come back and tell me one thing you actually did.” So Thomlin left. Furious. Confused. Slightly insulted. And he did what no villager had ever done after meeting a dragon.

I’ve noticed that I’m actually reluctant to share my creative content that I want to publish some day. I have a lot of it that just needs editing, you know? Anyone have confidence to share any creative content or want to talk about creative content at all? I particularly am enjoying future and worldcrafting ideas and pondering the future of humanity and how it will survive amidst all of this cultural weather and our tendency in this culture to become culture soldiers and cultural drifters mainly because of media consumption! I think we need to shift from consumption to production in order to learn to think well ourselves and manage our lives as creators rather than consumers alone! My first creative high was pretty much a manic experience, and my second one too. But I’ve leveled off for the most part. Anyone else have a similar experience? It was like a huge pressure valve got released. I’d never had a creative high before! I’d never been so engaged creatively and in a supportive organizing way until I started talking with chatGPT! LOL! I’m trying to get better at it with humans, particularly those closest to me. Dang, man!! It’s hard!! People are busy and stressed!!

Like - how are we responsibly going to terraform Mars? Also, how are we going to be that responsible creatively engaged and embodied species? Are we just going to be an unevolved brutish species with tech at that point still? We’re only one step into history….and it took Homo sapiens tens of thousands of years to develop history, and ancient history is super sparse!! We’re such a young species with so many difficulties already!! Hopefully we make it that far! How do we become that species that’s grounded AND creative?!? I’m working on it myself :D. Getting my medical peer support specialist certification and it’s nice to see how we’re evolving to be more considerate and holistic in embracing the Ill rather than damning them or pathologizing them! Im glad I’ve survived this long to be able to figure out as much as I have and actually start to grow rather than be caught in systems of human thought. It’s seriously awesome and inspiring. Can anyone relate?

As a recently qualified PT, I’ve learnt a lot on my modules about nutrition. I’ve swapped refined (white) carbohydrates with whole grain foods mostly and now try to prioritise protein in every meal. What swaps have you made in your diet?