On Work and Breaks and the Natural Rhythms of a Well-Lived Life

After leading a class in Feminist Marketing this morning, I took a break with my littlest.
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Admittedly: this rhythm of work and breaks is not my usual practice. Left to my own devices, my cultural conditioning over-rides everything and I’ll work until I can’t anymore.

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But, as Adrienne Maree Brown, the author of Emergent Strategy (aff link), teaches us in her work on pleasure activism, to imagine into that new world we’re dreaming of — justice! — we need to ground our work in a well-lived life.

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So I’m trying to notice my own rhythms and the rhythms of our natural world, too.

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We haven’t lived in this house or this community very long — just a few months — so I don’t know what surprises will emerge from the soil this spring and summer.
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So my little guy and I were doing our investigations. Call us plant detectives.
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Under the decaying leaves and winter debris, we found planting tags for primulas, primroses, dahlias.
I’m going to google the first two because I have no idea.
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I’m no gardener (but I want to be) so this season of possibilities and learning is calling me.
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The garden is in a bad state, but I did discover evidence that this little house was once loved.
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Also: walnuts!!! The tree is a walnut tree. Joy. **Dessert**

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