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				“We are all, every one of us, at least a little bit in each other’s care.” 
			
					
				I asked the 8-year-old why she was feeling what she was feeling. Her reply:
			
					
				Welp, I just tossed out an entire lesson today to focus on self-care, because the students were drained and burned out in this whole “learning in a pandemic” thing. So, instead of discussing the readings and brainstorming for future essays, students freewrote. They wrote answers to questions like: What do I need right now? What's stopping me from getting it--what are my have-to's, obstacles, blocks? What refuels me? How can I make a little space for what I need, given all my constraints and the larger systemic issues?
			
					
				I haven’t ridden a bike as transportation since 2009, when someone snagged mine off a tree in Berkeley, CA. But lately I’ve been feeling that gentle nudge to “try new things,” as they say. I started riding a new bike to work, and it means I get to begin and end each day feeling a little like a kid! 
			
					
				We live in a culture that likes to believe in the Superhuman, in the almighty powers of the individual. We hear hour-long podcasts on how we can “hack” our way to an optimized life, squeezing more activity into less time. We applaud self-proclaimed “workaholics” and employees who never take a sick day.
			
					
				Four years ago today, I got on the TED stage in Milan and gave a talk about how “good” and “bad” are incomplete stories we tell ourselves. Writing and delivering that talk was the most intense tango I’ve ever done with imposter syndrome. That talk has now hit 2.75 million views, and I get notes about it even today. But imposter syndrome and I still have an abiding, committed relationship. I should probably go watch some TED talks about that! 
			
					
				I love this chart. It also explains why I’m trying to meet all my nutritional needs through dark chocolate. 
			
					
				One of my all time favorite quotes. When I was immersed in a “fix it” culture of (well-meaning) early interventionists, I was subconsciously aware that my baby neither *could* be fixed nor *needed* fixing. But I couldn’t put my finger on the language until I stumbled across this quote. A-hah! It put the “problem” solidly where it belonged: with our construction of normal, and the power we sometimes give it. 
			
					
				I so enjoyed this conversation with @amyjuliabecker , talking about: