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Still wondering what my feet are doing. Reminding me to be flexible? Okay, Gumby. Last Week Today Latest Seven Yrs Later (7YL) essay ICYMI: Be! Enjoy! If you’ve done neither of those things today, let’s take a break. Back away from your device, stand up and streeeeeeetch. Roll your wrists, then up to your shoulders. Bring your chin down and let the weight of your noggin move you from side to side. Choose any body part and swivel it one way, then back around. Then get a massage chair. I’m no chiropractor. 7YL Theme Song Huarache Lights (A/JUS/TED Remix) by Hot Chip (Spotify / YouTube) There’s a Hot Chip song for every future. Replace me, so I can party. 7YL Theme Media Long “Break”: Staying In with Emily & Kumail - “7. Emotional Backpacks” (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) If you’re like me and only listen to podcasts when you’re cleaning or cooking, I guess it counts as a “break.” Anyway, the hosts are the writers and inspiration for their movie The Big Sick and they’re just as charming and as in love in real life. You can go back to the first episode where they intro their unique pandemic tricks, or you can jump into this one where they discuss routines and the joys we grab onto. Break Break: “The School of Life presents: Think short term to cope with the long term” (CNN) Stolen from said podcast, this article walks us through why we have to take things one day at a time. Even Van Gogh found his reason in flowers. Quick Break: Break by Kero Kero Bonito I do just want to sit everywhere with a cocktail. Cutting Room Concept You know how you should say YES to everything? Well, that makes NO all the more useful. Consider how we keep telling ourselves that “it’s not like we’re doing anything” during this pandemic. Is your brain not still working out why you can’t do this, why you can’t go there, why you can’t see that person etc? You’re tired because this is tiring. You can say no to what exhausts you. Honorable Tweet Seven Yrs Ago wants you to farm and believe it:
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