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brent
@_brentbaum
phenomenology appreciator. founder. dancer. chop & carry.
Joined August 2012
all you need to know about spain is that, within 2 hours of the power going off for the whole countryโฆ the beaches were packed, bands were playing in every square, and people were in the streets laughing and dancing- i learned something about agency when, on my second date with my now-girlfriend, i mentioned feeling cold and she about-faced into the nearest hotel, said she left a scarf in a room last week, and handed me the nicest one out of the hotelโs lost & found drawer
- Replying to @_brentbaummy partner passed a table of 20 fifty-something year olds all making ridiculous tinfoil hats with antennaeโs on top. this blessed group would only stop to turn, make silly faces at passer-byโs, laugh hysterically, then grab another beer and keep crafting
- Replying to @_brentbaumthe day the apocalypse comes and society falls into a heaping pile of chaos, someone will have to let catalunya know itโs a *bad thing*
- turns out all you have to do to feel great is supplement potassium and magnesium, meditate for 40 minutes a day, journal morning and night, quadruple water intake, solve several major stressors, start running again, add consistent wake-up times, completely overhaul diet
chronic low energy update: got a heart rate monitor, learned something. I'm sitting at 90bpm for most of the day, every day. If I reduce to ~60bpm (through cutting coffee, adding cbd, and regular conscious relaxation) my battery doesn't get drained & I have more energy post 5pm - Replying to @m_ashcroftshe's also hot so things are looking pretty good from here eh
- Replying to @QiaochuYuanyes thereโs a strong case for that in the same way pirating movies is stealing, but i wasnโt posting opinions that i was hoping would break confinement ๐คท
- biggest joke of my lifeโฆ after years and years of trying so hard, i can just unclench the sense of doing anything and 1. my โwillpowerโ increases dramatically 2. i get better at pretty much everything (this is not the same thing as non-coercion!)
- randomly upgraded to first class international. this shit is wild. itโs like a pocket universe adjacent to our own where every mild frustration and friction of flying was removed & unlimited drinks were added in their place
- shifting from โwhen did my parents emotionally abuse me? neverโ to โwhen did my parents have strong stress reactions to what i did? oh all the timeโ and now i understand where a lot of this trauma happened taking on responsibility for parentsโ emotions is a heavy job for a kid
- chronic low energy update: got a heart rate monitor, learned something. I'm sitting at 90bpm for most of the day, every day. If I reduce to ~60bpm (through cutting coffee, adding cbd, and regular conscious relaxation) my battery doesn't get drained & I have more energy post 5pm
- Replying to @silverarm0rsign me up!! i want spain and portugal's electricity-free holidays to be on separate weekends so i can experience the porto version with y'all
