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[alexseanchai]

okay so like

exercise that

* won't fuck with any of my disabilities
* won't feel impossible to start or maintain
* won't get blockaded by my executive function or wtfever before I get started
* won't cost money
* won't make me feel like a fail on the grounds of continuing to not meet the 150 min/wk moderate exercise guideline
* won't tempt me into excessive ambition
* will help me learn patience
* will help me increase some number of my strength, flexibility, endurance, and cardiovascular health
* will start where I am wrt all four such
* will be enjoyable, not chorelike

am I chasing a unicorn here?

(I really appreciate the effort you all put in last time I posted here! just none of your suggestions stuck. /o\ and it's incredibly frustrating.)

(also I don't understand why I chose today to start caring again? I have been complaining all week about through-the-roof pain! this is maybe not the week to reinstate a practice of physicality?)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

I remember a line in Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway to the tune of Nancy—who, it was earlier established, had put in some thousands of hours practicing how to stand perfectly still—being really strong, precisely because of that unexciting form of exercise. That something like what you're talking about?

*nods slowly*

I mean, I keep telling people "I need patience. Is there an instantaneous way to get me some?" :P but like. I really do need patience...

Thanks.

[indywind]

Something like that, yeah.

Also, if you've ever had physical therapy to rehab an injury or sometimes a treatable handicapping condition, that's another illustration. It's usually very simple movements, 'easy' to start, with a focus on doing them exactly as prescribed, on a regular schedule. They're not exciting or showy (hardly anyone ever says "hey, look at me, I can flex and extend my ankle! without using my hands! twice in a row!" even if that's an accomplishment for them). Those exercises are beyond unexciting and unimpressive; they're boring as heck. But, highly effective.