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Surfacing
My dream is to move to a blue zone and enjoy life as an old lady.
Celebrate Life (1991, Blue Village, BV 3008)
Starting 2021 off with a bang! 🎉🎊 Some of you know that I’ve been working on a speculative fiction novel for the past few years, so it’s really cool to be able to announce that the first chapter of ‘Blue Zone’ has been selected as a winner of the Meet Me at 19th St literary prize! The chapter can now be read at Arch Street Press -> http://www.archstreetpress.org/blue-zone/
Arch Street Press describes itself as a ‘publisher for change makers,’ & has some really incredible titles that I encourage you all to check out! http://www.archstreetpress.org/titles/
As we live our lives, we often find ourselves disatisfied, disconnected, unhappy, wondering what the damn point of all this is. Perhaps we feel unsatisfied because we attach extrinsic (external) motivations to everything from personal development, to our health, to our meditation practice. Look at a child. Does a kid draw to create a drawing, or do anything else they enjoy to accomplish anything other than to enjoy the activity itself? Perhaps we feel so empty because as we grow up, we're taught that intrinsic motivation is silly or unproductive. We should do something becuase it accomplishes a goal. What if we got it wrong? What if you're struggling to do something you "should" do because you think you "should" do it? As for how you regain intrinsic motivation, I'm still trying to figure that out. One thing I do know is that social media and most of the internet doesn't help.
Studying the “blue zones”- the places where the average life expectancy is the highest. I found it interesting that all of their diets have so much in common, and it’s pretty much the opposite of what Americans consider “healthy”. Low carb, high protein is beneficial for weight loss, but is it really “healthy”? How much do we allow the meat industry to influence what we view as healthy living?
For anyone who has not gotten Aberration, or has not had a chance to play on it, the next few posts will be a sneak peak into the wonderous map that is Aberration. It’s so pretty, but can also be scary and dangerous, but it’s full of mystery too!
The Argyle Arcade, Glasgow 2016... by dimtsak
