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Teaching myself how to dance in cowboy boots

Teaching myself how to dance in cowboy boots

It’s absurd how little they teach you in school

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“The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety.” ~ Deep Chopra.


I’ve been knee deep in a bed rot. My new favorite term gleaned from the internet. My particular flavor is half cold recovery , half binged reality dating shows. Tiny sprinkles of doom scrolling and cat naps. A weighted blanket of depression and congestion. A freeze state. That I allow because my son has gone to see his dad and I have nothing but long hours to fill. Ofcourse I must rest to recover from this spring sickness everyone seems to be wading through. But I know it’s not just the sickness that ties me to my bed. The world has reached a level of decay that I find overwhelming to fathom most days. The complexity of how we’ve gotten here and the work of what next. Ride down with the ship or take a leap into the great reimagining? I feel I need an army to shoulder the weight of this work. And where does a solo mother find an army?Definitely not knee deep in a bed rot soothing with distraction.

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