I have had this exact same head scratching moment.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. That moment when it feels like things are normal again… and the next morning when you get smacked down for hubris.

It is the seeming randomness about what takes you down and what keeps you from digging out that makes this so hard. Be kind to yourself when things go wrong and don’t give up hope that things can be better

I should probably add that I hate running. The distance is not a brag, but what I find my body needs to keep my nervous system in check so I can function.

I am still vulnerable (I go down hard when I get sick and it lasts longer), but I am now (slowly) running 30 miles/week. For context, I was unable to walk more than about 50 feet at a time for 15 months when I started.

I did find that low heart rate exercise slowly increasing has allowed me to get my body back to ‘normal’ function. Though I always hesitate to advertise this because I know the same regime hurt other people who tried it

This detailed level of management looks amazing. I found my way towards a similar path practicing HRV management with Heartmath I think it was called. But I had nowhere near this level of information to act on.

Ditto

I recently had to give a class on the long history of failure of political institutions in Yemen and your thread was incredibly helpful to provide balance and trails to follow as I prepped. Exactly the constructive I needed.

My students are discussing those two readings in my ‘Apocalyptic Geographies’ course this week. They are an amazing pairing for thinking about Utopia and Dystopia. I love reading the discussion threads from this one.

Absolutely.

The new CZ's are designed to be consistent with prior years. I have included quality statistics that are important because different parts of the country fit our idea of commuting zone better than others. The paper also includes some suggested edits to reduce non-contiguous commuting zones

Today years old….

I was specifically looking for a reading to link incarceration and legibility for my population geography class and I think I have found it. Looking forward to diving in