Clumps of sargassum afloat Sips of mojito Two marimbas playing the Super Mario theme Wisps of cloud and dollops of cloud Strawberry ice cream Green coconuts on a shade tree A spectrum of skin from burnished mahogany to piggy pink Iguanas mating not far from a cool pool A pelican cruising for fish, low and smooth Magnificent Magnificent Frigate Birds…
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Eating fruit Swimming with tropical fish Drinking juices Listening to waves’ mesmerizing non-rhythm Finishing a book and immediately opening the next one Having a bite of sushi, or an avocado Tapping toes to music wafting over from somewhere Stretching languidly Noticing breezes Feeling temperature shifts as clouds drift across the sun and off again Breathing slowly Drifting almost to sleep
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How is it that every task takes ten times longer than I think it will… except for the tasks that I most doom-crastinate about, which end up actually taking approximately 2.7 minutes each? How is it that I feel better now that my ex has a new person, not worse? How is it that a whole bag from Sam’s Club…
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Remember when I had my hair shaved on one side of my head, wore clothing all the wrong sizes, and hated everyone my age? Remember when I joined the golf team? Very upstanding! But I never broke 100, and felt dumb with the other girls, and played one tournament, then had a panic attack in the van for the next…
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The kind that means I’m hungry, accompanied by lightheadedness The kind that means I drank too much, ones I finally learned to avoid long ago The kind I got each time I was pregnant, a mixture of caffeine withdrawal and estrogen depletion The kind I got back when I had a diseased uterus, seemingly caused by random squirts of all…
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Do you listen to Hidden Brain? I love it so much, and incidentally, if I could have every interesting thing I learn read to me by Shankar Vedantam, I would grab that opportunity right quick. In this episode from a while back, guest Cal Newport shares part of the little ritual he uses to step away from work mode and…