There’s an awful plague in the world of clothing. And it’s called “this item has an oversized fit and a boxy silhouette.” Why would I want those things‽
Month: November 2024
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As an ADHDer, nothing feels more demoralising than spending hours building a massive Notion system so you can remember the bare minimum, only to find that the most productive person you know keeps everything in an ad-hoc Word doc.
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With ADHD it’s vital to have a good start to your day, otherwise it’s a write-off.
For the first time I’m realising the negative effects a messy bedroom has on a morning. Waking up and seeing stuff everywhere immediately makes me feel bleh.
One of the habits I’m going to really focus on is a tidy room before bedtime.
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Slow mornings. Quiet moments. Lit candles. Cheap heroin. Shoplifting Swarovski. Black market goods. Corporate fraud. Ultra violence. Chill Sundays.
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I’ve always been curious by the biphasic sleep pattern of people in the medieval period. To my modern self it seems very odd, having two sleeps a night.
I’m currently reading Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London. It mentions that England’s curfew time under William the Conqueror was 20:00. Biphasic sleep makes more sense to me if you couldn’t go out late. I mean what else is there to do? Especially in the winter.
Picture it. You’re a medieval worker back home after a day of hard labour. You’ve had a small supper and chatted to the wife and kids. Now what? You’re exhausted, bored and the darkness has arrived. Before William’s curfew you might go to a neighbours house. The wives would knit by the one tallow candle they could afford whilst the men would chat in a corner. But it’s past the 20:00 curfew. So you’re probably just going to go to sleep for a few hours. It makes sense.