and by that i mean the folks who sit through a whole lecture not taking a note. not a single one. not even because theyre distracted by their phones but literally just because theyre tapped in. im not quite there yet but maybe there is something to it
If my computer is open in front of me during a lecture i will be texting/fucking about. Occupy your hands and let the class become podcast!!! If something pricks ur ears jot a note. Now that I’m teaching I wish more of my students would do this, bc i know they’re just online shopping 😔
I often find myself forcibly listening to people I'm talking to just because I want to get out what I want to say.
But I've recently been learning how much I can learn by just shutting up and listening intently to others talk.
the smell of half rubbed in sunscreen, being left to your own devices, fighting with sticks in the woods, mosquito bitten legs, blisters, sunburns, scrapes, polysporin, watershoes
i went into jo malone to inquire about this perfume i have been a bit obsessed with (ginger cookie). a girl my age working informed me that it was a limited edition run and they no longer carried it. i was devastated but nevertheless, ended up in conversation with her about how much i liked her shoes and her, my outfit.
“hold on a second,” she went into the back and made me a sample of a leftover stock bottle. i use my little bottle sparingly and think of the kindness often 🫚
but not like standing. sitting. youll have to dust your bum from the fallen dried leaves from two summers ago but its part of the charm. take a load off, its been a long day.