Mood check in

It surprises me always how quickly exercise can adjust my mood. If you told me 30 years ago that I would be doing handstands and shoulder bridges off a chair at this age, I would have not been surprised but pleasantly proud. In the middle of a particularly difficult pretzel move, I noticed my negativity dissolve. I also warned myself - this will hurt tomorrow, and it does. 

While I was in PG yesterday (and reading articles) I found that many people are writing about paralysis in culture. It made me think of the fear response: fight, flight, freeze, fawn. Are we afraid of culture? Are we collectively freezing as a population? So I began thinking about how I was going to write my cultural assignment up using the positive future focused antonym of paralysed. You know what? there isn't a word for it. Well I didn't find one that suits my requirements. 

I did find puissant. I think I am going to try enter this into my vocabuary by dishing it out as much as possible. AND bonus - while one of my co-students was talking, she dropped Latrogensis! whoop! what a day for words! 

My work computer hasn't been updated for 8 years. The six balls circle clockwise on my screen as the clock clicks away on the wrong time above my desk. My Darth is dusty and my nose is aware. The mere mention brings about sneezes, and then hand sanitiser, and then worry that others will think I'm unwell.

Ko Tamatea pookai whenua te mauka

Ko Oopaawaho te awa

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