Worthwhiles: Issue One
A figure-eight, on its side. Back when the leaves were just coming in I was dealing with some anxiety that I couldn't shake from my body. A friend sent me a video of somatic movements to try. They mostly made me feel silly but one had me extend my arms out straight like a mummy and then move them as if I were tracing a figure-eight symbol on its side*. And for some reason this worked. The anxiety fell out of my body for a while and my brain felt clear. This same friend sent me this lovely 15-minute yoga routine which has you move your body in a figure-eight motion early on, and wow does it feel incredible. Crosswords, with friends. Crosswords took up the end of my summer. After years of not really understanding how they work, doing enough of them with other people helped something click. I've been held in their thrall ever since. In early September I was invited to hang out at the lake and I brought the most recent issue of New York Magazine with me...
