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movement makes me feel alive
the soul yearns for… dance?
that's the word that popped into my head. maybe i need to learn to dance
when i thought that i didn't literally mean dancing though dancing is also good. it's just closer to what i meant than “yearns to run” or something like this would convey
people will tell you that “exercise” and “going outside” and so on are good for you, and i can't disagree, but that's not what i mean
the reason i'm so insufferably excited lately is not just that, but that i've let myself… move… more. uh, how to put it…
i am the kind of person who would run literally everywhere, in any kind of weather or environment, if she could. does that explain it? it's a part of it.
i enjoy moving in the most fun way, not the most situationally appropriate or efficient way. i like unnecessary movement!
why is mirror's edge my favourite video game? well.
i guess some kind of acrobat would be my ideal job, is what i am saying. hmm. hmmmm
but i grew up autistic and i am a “software engineer”, and a bunch of things flowing from this have led me to a life that's not very active and where i'm not usually as energetic as i should be
there have been flickers of that energy in me sometimes but not enough.
what's changed me, then, has been occasionally encountering people who remind me so much of who i am/who i want to be/who i need to be that the envy and inspiration force me to change. that's happened twice.
one of those people isn't real. that's one reason why i care so much about the power of dreams. anime can change your life, if you're attached to it enough. magic is real if you sincerely believe in it
anyway this is why i need to learn to play basketball or something eventually
usual caveat applies that the people talking most about self-improvement are also the ones who haven't really achieved full success yet. this is true for me too of course!
@hikari I was on the basketball team in grade 8
if I could do it so can you :p
@hikari when i get more confident about myself i will start running frequently
@hikari you could steal Linus Torvalds' treadmill desk
@flacs hah
@hikari having recently learned bugg I can highly recommend it (and adjacent styles)
@hikari yet another thing that we've been (unsuccessfully so far) trying to sort out!