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Frictionless Living: When Life Is Just Too Convenient
By Claire Carlson
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“I want everything to be hard and I want it to be deeply rewarding,” so says the interviewee in an Instagram video that pulled me from my mindless…
Wanting to write something, and actually having something to write about, are two very different things. My writing usually has to come from a place of strong emotion, repulsion, passion, anger, rage or indecision. I have had some strong feelings about some films I watched recently, a niece who I realized was quite spoiled and maybe my empathy about a friend struggling with familial relations, but none of these items got me to launch a Page in iOs and get down some thoughts, and I missed that. I can't just write to write.
The main reason I wanted to do a post was to use a particular photo that showed up in my For You in the Photos app, just a year old photo of me from behind wearing my hakama pants. As I try to loose twenty pounds I gained I can clearly see that I am thinner in the photo. And even though I am more than a quarter of the way back to where I was I still enjoyed the picture because I felt I look good in it. Striving to look good is a constant worry and struggle, even though its for an audience of one.
Even my issues with this eBay seller who listed an item, then forgot to mail it because allegedly they were moving, but then after I had to reach out to them again two weeks after the purchase the story changed to, they didn't know where the item was. My thing is, you're misrepresenting, just refund my money, why are there further games or discussion? I have already submitted to eBay for a refund, but these kind of people are just messy and get so caught up in themselves they don't notice they are inconveniencing others.
I told a friend today that she needs to work on taking up more space. She went through some traumatic ish this weekend and thinks her feelings aren't worth the tears they are imprinted on. I want to dissuade that and encourage her to not be so apologetic about allowing herself to matter more to those around her. I think sometimes trauma leads folks to want to move through life as frictionless as possible and thats relatable, but life is about friction. And if you are creating friction so you have the room to express your full humanity I am all here for it.
Dionne Warick is now on my spirit I was looking forward to getting that four album collection and right now I am trying to quench that thirst with some Billie Holiday which is an entirely different vibe. But I finished my Sci-Fi Sunday early. I did something I don't usually do I ran of cartoons much earlier than usual. For a few moments I was like what do I do now?
The bulk of me filling my time usually has to do with something I am watching, so when I run of out of things to watch per my regularly scheduled programming I get a bit lost. I did put my walking clothes in the buckets to be washed. I wear them for two weeks than switch to other clothes to wear for a couple of weeks. Its getting cooler and wetter I hope I am able to walk for at least another month albeit I did successfully do at least a couple of sessions of yoga on the rainy days we had.
Well for having nothing on my mind I did find a couple of things to write about and now I can use the photo I want to use the way I want to use it. The thing was I was putting restrictions on myself saying I have a blog that shows naked flesh do I really want to bring any of that over here, and I decided I need to stop partitioning myself and allow me to be me and now try to stick to such a rigid agenda of who I should or shouldn't be in the digital spaces of the interenets.
Attempting to assure my nibling that no one comes out of the womb naturally stylish, but I felt strongly that your aesthetics are there early on, they just need the opportunities to begin to show themselves and grow. They really wanted me to choose things for them to wear, and I had to remind them, that what works for me isn't going to work for them. I could assist in helping them refine their taste and wear things that compliment their body, but I have never really worn female gendered clothes, I am truly not about that life.
Frictionless is the New Normal
There are six days left for Born to Tailor to deliver my money and the goods I paid for. I chatted yesterday with a girlfriend about what are the next steps I can do to get the things that I am owed. After clarifying that this isn't a civil case because its below 10k, we realized that this would be a case for Small Claims Court a forum I have successfully navigated with winning every case I put forth. I decided I would start with a strongly worded letter warning that I would have to pursue legal recourse if my merchandise wasn't forfeited. This kind of frustration had lead me to suspend my spending because I am so tired of having to fight with everyone all the time.
No Regrets Whatsoever
I had thought about my late brother and if I had any regrets about where I relationship was left. And frankly I think I did all that I could humanly could for the three touch-points we had in our brief relationship. From the jump I was fighting his distorted perceptions of me that was filtered through his mother, the same struggle I have now with his kids. Frankly I am so done having to always spend so much energy trying to win folks over who should accept me on the value of who I am, not what someone else has said about me.
Holding On And Letting Go
As I told another friend I am just done with any and all forms of adulting. I don't want anything to do with it because its always more headache than its worth. I am continually have to explain people business to them which is ridiculous. Why are you trying to gaslight me about a form that YOU SENT ME, which obviously you don't know what the instructions on this form are...
At this point I just want my money and book my ticket and reservations and be about this European trip already.