Link Love: 05
Changing up vacation habits, autistic burnout, and Ryan Gosling delighting with Gen Z slang, Artemis love, and more !
Check out these reads and watches that caught my eye this week. There’s sooooo much calling for our attention, and a wise mentor told me whatever we think about the most and focus on the most is what we worship. I want to be aware of and present to what is happening in my life and the world we live in - but I do not want to be consumed by it to the point I am missing out on deeper connection, learning, and joy. Here are some links that caused me to pause and reflect in a generative way. Check them out and LMK what lands with you!
On Substack:
The Sunday Setup: We’re Doing Vacation All Wrong (And How To Do It Right) by Amy Shoenthal
I love this lens for both planning and taking vacations. I spoke with my husband about it, too, and we are already incorporating the rhythms and ways we can savor our trips before, during, and after into our daily lives instead of the usual grind, go, collapse, and (try to) recover.
We have to reframe vacation not as a reward, but as a regular, necessary part of our life maintenance. We have to practice the art of relaxing, of just “being” in an environment where we don’t also live our busy lives.
Because the people who come back recharged aren’t the ones who take the longest trips. They’re the ones who treat recovery as a practice, not a prize at the end of a hard stretch.
The World Gone Mute by Chris Hoff
Chris Hoff always makes me pause and rethink the most basic assumptions I have about so many things. There is so much information we constantly distill - and I think that is a good muscle to work. But if we forget to connect with others with curiosity and openness, we miss out on putting our learning into action in meaningful and needed ways.
When you are moving fast enough, everything reduces to information to be processed. The world becomes a set of problems to be solved rather than a conversation to be entered. And what gets lost in that reduction is exactly what most of us, if we are honest, are actually hungry for.
I will not read weight-loss ads by Beth Silvers
Beth Silvers sets some needed boundaries on the information she consumes and the why behind her choices. It’s powerful and generous as she offers a window into what many move through in this world that continues to perpetuate a burdened view of health, beauty, and enough.
I will not read weight loss ads, and this post is likely the first and last time I will type the letters G-L-P together on any keyboard. It is likely the first and last time I will say anything about my weight or anyone else’s online. No one needs to be reminded to think about this. We have nothing but reminders. For many of us, maybe most of us, the whole world reads as a series of post-it notes reminding us of our physical inadequacies.
Around the Web:
3 things all great listeners do
Never underestimate the impact of giving those we love and lead the gift of truly feeling heard. This is where connection and trust are built and sustained.
People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity
So many of my clients hold a story they tell themselves on repeat that their desire to go deep on a topic is a flaw, a bad thing, something that makes them broken. I appreciate this piece destigmatizing this trait, and normalizing its presence.
I believe it is important we understand the difference between autistic burnout and vocational burnout - and this post lays it out in a way that helps those struggling with burnout better understand themselves and take the best actions to heal. And it offers a way for those of us to stay curious and ask better questions when someone we love or lead is struggling.
On Social:
Artemis Love: Group hugs in space FTW, and the joy, the Gen X pop culture references, and the competency of it all. Gosh, we needed this!
Who really controls your healthcare?
I’ve listened to this conversation a couple of times. Important, hard, and needed.
The economist behind the WNBA union’s big pay raise
What a legacy!
Ryan Gosling trying out Gen Z slang
I could not resist sharing!
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What’s catching your attention online? LMK in the comments. And don’t forget to get off your screens and connect with people and nature in real life.