Weekly RyView 006

Offline Hobbies

I’m on about a week of doing my Somatic Breathwork post lady being hit by motorcycle, and I’ve been loving it. For me, it’s an active meditation rather than just stewing in my thoughts, planning my to-do list. As I laid in bed last night, post breathwork, I was really thinking of how bad I am at resting. I’m either totally detached watching TikTok or fully engaged in something productive - no in-between. I’ve been doing word games on my phone while I’m on the train lately instead of watching TikTok, which I have found has made a big difference, but I also need something I can do it that’s more engaging than just watching a show or movie or listening to a podcast. SO, today I went to Cultura and bought some yarn and crochet hook.

I have an upcoming vacation with two friends who are excellent at relaxing and I fear I will be the ADHD/little toddler who needs them to watch me do handstands in the water while they just want to relax. In the true irony of it all, TikTok inspired my choice to crochet and all of my ideas have come from there. My grandma taught me to crochet more than 20 years ago, so I know the basics. My reluctance in diving back into something like is the stereotype that you can only make beanies and scarves, neither of which I wear. Here is where TikTok has come in - I’m genuinely excited to make fun, functional things. I won’t spoil it all here… predominately in case I bail on the project as a whole, but it’s really not downtime when you’re anxiously scrolling TikTok, ya know?

Canada Trip

I am exceptionally excited for a little Canadian vacation. Everything is booked and ready to go next week. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing my own country through the lens of two people who have never seen it and are already so dazzled by it. I know we take things for granted growing up near such amazing things - the same way I feel about people who grew up near Paris - so I’m looking forward to appreciating it a little more.

More than anything, I am looking forward to a couple of down days. It’s been a super busy couple of months, and I haven’t really had a break since Christmas, so I just need some nature and lake time.

Roland Garros & the Stanley Cup

I know that my discourse online is a bubble, and almost always a progressive bubble. There is this common theme among people who love tennis online that we all hate this one specific man. He has been credibly accused by two ex-girlfriends of domestic violence, he has lost his temper on the court many times to the point of it being quite scary, and he has double-downed on his smug attitude towards it all. Every time I see a video of someone wishing for him not to win a Major Title, I like it. Support my fellow progressers!

As major seeds lost out of Roland Garros this year, it was becoming increasingly clear that this man’s chance at winning his first Major was likely here. And yesterday, he did win.

This paralleled with Carter Hart being in a Stanley Cup final is enough to be someone’s 13th reason, truly.

Every time someone posts about this tennis man or Carter Hart online, it feels like the amount of supporters or defenders of them is five-fold the criticism.

The biggest narrative on the correct side online lately has been a pushback on the post #MeToo narrative that “false allegations” ruin mens lives. Like the perpetrators are the victims. A known violent, aggressive, domestic abuser won 2.8M euros yesterday on primetime television, his name etched on the walls of Roland Garros for all-time.

I know the pendulum of any movement swings, but I almost can’t believe how much it has swung back in the direction of protecting bad people. I’ve said before the need for louder advocacy is now more than ever, but it’s impossible not to feel disheartened.

With Tennis or Hockey especially, I never understand why people are so fanatical over explicitly bad people. There’s a million Tennis players and fifty some hockey teams, one just as talented as the next.

In this political age, I think it’s more important than ever to be aware of who support, where our money goes and be cautious of those we ride or die for. The moral bar might be high, but the people who meet it are well worth supporting. It’s our job to be informed consumers, even if it’s just sports on TV.

TTYS,

RS