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Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast #PhysicsOfGrief #TimeWarp

Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast #PhysicsOfGrief #TimeWarp

Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast #PhysicsOfGrief #TimeWarp

Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast #PhysicsOfGrief #TimeWarp

Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast #PhysicsOfGrief #TimeWarp

The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast

The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast

The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast

The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast

The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

#TimeDilation #Grief #Rumination #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #Regret #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Reflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Heartache #PsychologicalTime #AnchoredToThePast

The Gravity of Rumination

If the gravity is high, then time passes normally for someone affected by that gravity, but the person sees others who are affected by lower gravity as experiencing time passing faster. One hour for someone in higher gravity is equivalent to a decade or perhaps a century for someone in lower gravity. Maybe, this is what I can relate to. My heavy rumination about the past, including wishing I still had a relationship or a girlfriend that I would not leave... Six years have already passed, but it feels like time has gone by so quickly. The serious relationship I had, which lasted six months (my longest), and six years of grieving and carrying on with life as usual, struggling to be normal.

Heavy rumination over a past relationship makes six years of grief feel like a single distorted hour.

#TimeDilation #Rumination #Grief #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #MovingOn #Regret #HealingJourney #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Attachment #Reflection #PersonalStruggle #MentalHealthAwareness #LifeAfterLoss #Heartache #PsychologicalTime

The Gravity of Rumination

If the gravity is high, then time passes normally for someone affected by that gravity, but the person sees others who are affected by lower gravity as experiencing time passing faster. One hour for someone in higher gravity is equivalent to a decade or perhaps a century for someone in lower gravity. Maybe, this is what I can relate to. My heavy rumination about the past, including wishing I still had a relationship or a girlfriend that I would not leave... Six years have already passed, but it feels like time has gone by so quickly. The serious relationship I had, which lasted six months (my longest), and six years of grieving and carrying on with life as usual, struggling to be normal.

Heavy rumination over a past relationship makes six years of grief feel like a single distorted hour.

#TimeDilation #Rumination #Grief #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #MovingOn #Regret #HealingJourney #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Attachment #Reflection #PersonalStruggle #MentalHealthAwareness #LifeAfterLoss #Heartache #PsychologicalTime

The Gravity of Rumination

If the gravity is high, then time passes normally for someone affected by that gravity, but the person sees others who are affected by lower gravity as experiencing time passing faster. One hour for someone in higher gravity is equivalent to a decade or perhaps a century for someone in lower gravity. Maybe, this is what I can relate to. My heavy rumination about the past, including wishing I still had a relationship or a girlfriend that I would not leave... Six years have already passed, but it feels like time has gone by so quickly. The serious relationship I had, which lasted six months (my longest), and six years of grieving and carrying on with life as usual, struggling to be normal.

Heavy rumination over a past relationship makes six years of grief feel like a single distorted hour.

#TimeDilation #Rumination #Grief #Heartbreak #MentalHealth #Relationships #PastMistakes #MovingOn #Regret #HealingJourney #TimePassing #EmotionalWeight #LongTermGrief #Attachment #Reflection #PersonalStruggle #MentalHealthAwareness #LifeAfterLoss #Heartache #PsychologicalTime

So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics

So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics

So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics

So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics

So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment. Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment. Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment. Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment. Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment. Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga

I saw comments online about dangers of…

"anger turning into RUMINATION. […] Be angry, say your peace [sic] or learn about said person and adjust your boundaries and relationships, but rumination is a killer, it erodes you."

Bizarre! I've known #rumination, which for humans means thinking deeply, to be a good thing. I searched & found several sources refer to rumination only related to negative thoughts. Even "reputable" sources like psychiatry.org.

No, it's not bad! Go out & #ruminate!

Am I the only one who doesn't know how to answer the question "how are you?". I need context - do you want to talk about the weather, work, or how I'm actually doing?

Sure, I want to talk about things... but I have no practice at this. How do you talk about yourself without worrying about oversharing? I'm not being cryptic on purpose, I literally just don't know how to say out loud how I'm feeling.

My head hurts. I'm not good at peopling.

#mentalhealth #sociallyawkward #help #rumination

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

If you find yourself overthinking social situations after they h…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/458564/

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

If you find yourself overthinking…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/us/448751/

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

If you find yourself overthinking…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #anxiety #clinicalpsychologist #Health #howtostopoverthinking #MentalHealth #overthinking #overthinkingsocialinteractions #post-eventrumination #Psychology #ruminate #ruminating #rumination #socialanxiety #socialanxietydisorder #socialinteractions #socialskills
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/448751/

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

If you find yourself overthinking social situations after they happ…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/453597/

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

If you find yourself overthinking social situations after th…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/407592/

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4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

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4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

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4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/4-ways-to-stop-over-thinking-social-interactions

4 ways to stop overthinking your social interactions, according to a clinical psychologist

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Protecting the Literary Zeitgeist of Hyde Park’s Indie Book Scene

“A good bookstore sells books, but its primary product, if you will, is the browsing experience…One of the great benefits of the act of browsing is the rumination it evokes.”Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

If there is a neighborhood in Chicago that reaches for the pinnacle of a book lover’s nirvana, it has to be Hyde Park. Surrounding the University of Chicago and situated just south of the Loop, this epicenter of learning, education, and literature is a bibliophile’s wonderland of Indie bookstores. 

However, just when it felt like the dust had settled from years of fighting off the tentacles of Amazon’s loss-leading blitzkrieg on bookstores, a new threat has set up shop right in Hyde Park’s very midst. This time it’s not a digital menace, but instead a big-box goliath — Barnes & Noble.

Yes, in a free market, competition is supposed to benefit the consumer. But, and this is a big but, at what cost? Price is not and should never be the sole factor, especially in the book realm. What about the value of the experience? What about service? What about variety? What about the discovery of the unexpected? What about home-grown? What about locally owned and operated? What about sanctuary-like ambiance? What about a delicate mix of existing independent bookstores who live and operate as a cohesive draw to Hyde Park?

“The value is, and always has been, at least in the good and serious bookstores, in the experience of being among books–an experience afforded to anyone who enters the space with curiosity and time. And the yield is discovery, not of what we think we know we want, but of that which we have yet to encounter.” Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

Typically, a big-box store will not draw people from far outside the local vicinity when it has dozens of locations spread all over Chicagoland (21 at last count).  Meanwhile, a unique and varied collection of Indie bookstores can and will do just that (draw customers from further afield) because of the collective experience they offer — and that sublimely satisfying pastime known as “browsing” where one can wander, wonder, discover, ponder, and partake without interruption. Such a unique labor of love [browsing] can never be truly replicated in a big box. Imitated maybe. Replicated, never.

“Big-name box bookstores have installed cafes and armchairs precisely because people like to hang out around books. Next time you’re in one of those cavernous megasellers, see for yourself how they’ve worked yo create ambiance. Look at the shelf placement, how they’ve been arranged to mark off cozy little reading nooks. Somebody’s tried very hard to make you forget you’re in a warehouse.” Source: Wendy Welch, “The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap”

Call & Response, 57th Street, Powell’s, Seminary Co-op, University of Chicago Bookstore, and Build Coffee & Books all combine to fulfill a literarian’s needs in this special corner of the Windy City.  Why, other than to disrupt the curated zeitgeist of Hyde Park, does B &N really need to be there?

Hopefully, over time B &N will find itself out of place in Hyde Park and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. And if they do hang around for longer, it’s as a cohort versus a predator.

My guess is the good people who shop the existing Indie bookstores in and around Hyde Park will continue their time-honored tradition of supporting the stores that germinated in and around Hyde Park and avoid the intruder. May it be so.

In the interim, either the individual store websites or bookshop.org offer easy access for all of us who cannot be physically in Chicago on a regular basis to assist the Indie bookstores in Hyde Park. All of them, except the campus bookstore have a presence on the bookshop.org site (57th Street through Seminary Co-op).

Peace, happy reading, and great browsing!

“Every great bookstore allows the reader to get lost in it.” – Source: Jeff Deutsch, I”n Praise of Good Bookstores“

#57thStreetBooks #books #bookstores #browsing #BuildCoffeeBooks #CallResponseBooks #Chicago #competition #history #HydePark #indie #literature #opinion #pondering #PowellSBooks #reading #retail #rumination #SeminaryCoOpBooks

Protecting the Literary Zeitgeist of Hyde Park’s Indie Book Scene

“A good bookstore sells books, but its primary product, if you will, is the browsing experience…One of the great benefits of the act of browsing is the rumination it evokes.”Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

If there is a neighborhood in Chicago that reaches for the pinnacle of a book lover’s nirvana, it has to be Hyde Park. Surrounding the University of Chicago and situated just south of the Loop, this epicenter of learning, education, and literature is a bibliophile’s wonderland of Indie bookstores. 

However, just when it felt like the dust had settled from years of fighting off the tentacles of Amazon’s loss-leading blitzkrieg on bookstores, a new threat has set up shop right in Hyde Park’s very midst. This time it’s not a digital menace, but instead a big-box goliath — Barnes & Noble.

Yes, in a free market, competition is supposed to benefit the consumer. But, and this is a big but, at what cost? Price is not and should never be the sole factor, especially in the book realm. What about the value of the experience? What about service? What about variety? What about the discovery of the unexpected? What about home-grown? What about locally owned and operated? What about sanctuary-like ambiance? What about a delicate mix of existing independent bookstores who live and operate as a cohesive draw to Hyde Park?

“The value is, and always has been, at least in the good and serious bookstores, in the experience of being among books–an experience afforded to anyone who enters the space with curiosity and time. And the yield is discovery, not of what we think we know we want, but of that which we have yet to encounter.” Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

Typically, a big-box store will not draw people from far outside the local vicinity when it has dozens of locations spread all over Chicagoland (21 at last count).  Meanwhile, a unique and varied collection of Indie bookstores can and will do just that (draw customers from further afield) because of the collective experience they offer — and that sublimely satisfying pastime known as “browsing” where one can wander, wonder, discover, ponder, and partake without interruption. Such a unique labor of love [browsing] can never be truly replicated in a big box. Imitated maybe. Replicated, never.

“Big-name box bookstores have installed cafes and armchairs precisely because people like to hang out around books. Next time you’re in one of those cavernous megasellers, see for yourself how they’ve worked yo create ambiance. Look at the shelf placement, how they’ve been arranged to mark off cozy little reading nooks. Somebody’s tried very hard to make you forget you’re in a warehouse.” Source: Wendy Welch, “The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap”

Call & Response, 57th Street, Powell’s, Seminary Co-op, University of Chicago Bookstore, and Build Coffee & Books all combine to fulfill a literarian’s needs in this special corner of the Windy City.  Why, other than to disrupt the curated zeitgeist of Hyde Park, does B &N really need to be there?

Hopefully, over time B &N will find itself out of place in Hyde Park and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. And if they do hang around for longer, it’s as a cohort versus a predator.

My guess is the good people who shop the existing Indie bookstores in and around Hyde Park will continue their time-honored tradition of supporting the stores that germinated in and around Hyde Park and avoid the intruder. May it be so.

In the interim, either the individual store websites or bookshop.org offer easy access for all of us who cannot be physically in Chicago on a regular basis to assist the Indie bookstores in Hyde Park. All of them, except the campus bookstore have a presence on the bookshop.org site (57th Street through Seminary Co-op).

Peace, happy reading, and great browsing!

“Every great bookstore allows the reader to get lost in it.” – Source: Jeff Deutsch, I”n Praise of Good Bookstores“

#57thStreetBooks #books #bookstores #browsing #BuildCoffeeBooks #CallResponseBooks #Chicago #competition #history #HydePark #indie #literature #opinion #pondering #PowellSBooks #reading #retail #rumination #SeminaryCoOpBooks

Protecting the Literary Zeitgeist of Hyde Park’s Indie Book Scene

“A good bookstore sells books, but its primary product, if you will, is the browsing experience…One of the great benefits of the act of browsing is the rumination it evokes.”Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

If there is a neighborhood in Chicago that reaches for the pinnacle of a book lover’s nirvana, it has to be Hyde Park. Surrounding the University of Chicago and situated just south of the Loop, this epicenter of learning, education, and literature is a bibliophile’s wonderland of Indie bookstores. 

However, just when it felt like the dust had settled from years of fighting off the tentacles of Amazon’s loss-leading blitzkrieg on bookstores, a new threat has set up shop right in Hyde Park’s very midst. This time it’s not a digital menace, but instead a big-box goliath — Barnes & Noble.

Yes, in a free market, competition is supposed to benefit the consumer. But, and this is a big but, at what cost? Price is not and should never be the sole factor, especially in the book realm. What about the value of the experience? What about service? What about variety? What about the discovery of the unexpected? What about home-grown? What about locally owned and operated? What about sanctuary-like ambiance? What about a delicate mix of existing independent bookstores who live and operate as a cohesive draw to Hyde Park?

“The value is, and always has been, at least in the good and serious bookstores, in the experience of being among books–an experience afforded to anyone who enters the space with curiosity and time. And the yield is discovery, not of what we think we know we want, but of that which we have yet to encounter.” Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

Typically, a big-box store will not draw people from far outside the local vicinity when it has dozens of locations spread all over Chicagoland (21 at last count).  Meanwhile, a unique and varied collection of Indie bookstores can and will do just that (draw customers from further afield) because of the collective experience they offer — and that sublimely satisfying pastime known as “browsing” where one can wander, wonder, discover, ponder, and partake without interruption. Such a unique labor of love [browsing] can never be truly replicated in a big box. Imitated maybe. Replicated, never.

“Big-name box bookstores have installed cafes and armchairs precisely because people like to hang out around books. Next time you’re in one of those cavernous megasellers, see for yourself how they’ve worked yo create ambiance. Look at the shelf placement, how they’ve been arranged to mark off cozy little reading nooks. Somebody’s tried very hard to make you forget you’re in a warehouse.” Source: Wendy Welch, “The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap”

Call & Response, 57th Street, Powell’s, Seminary Co-op, University of Chicago Bookstore, and Build Coffee & Books all combine to fulfill a literarian’s needs in this special corner of the Windy City.  Why, other than to disrupt the curated zeitgeist of Hyde Park, does B &N really need to be there?

Hopefully, over time B &N will find itself out of place in Hyde Park and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. And if they do hang around for longer, it’s as a cohort versus a predator.

My guess is the good people who shop the existing Indie bookstores in and around Hyde Park will continue their time-honored tradition of supporting the stores that germinated in and around Hyde Park and avoid the intruder. May it be so.

In the interim, either the individual store websites or bookshop.org offer easy access for all of us who cannot be physically in Chicago on a regular basis to assist the Indie bookstores in Hyde Park. All of them, except the campus bookstore have a presence on the bookshop.org site (57th Street through Seminary Co-op).

Peace, happy reading, and great browsing!

“Every great bookstore allows the reader to get lost in it.” – Source: Jeff Deutsch, I”n Praise of Good Bookstores“

#57thStreetBooks #books #bookstores #browsing #BuildCoffeeBooks #CallResponseBooks #Chicago #competition #history #HydePark #indie #literature #opinion #pondering #PowellSBooks #reading #retail #rumination #SeminaryCoOpBooks

Protecting the Literary Zeitgeist of Hyde Park’s Indie Book Scene

“A good bookstore sells books, but its primary product, if you will, is the browsing experience…One of the great benefits of the act of browsing is the rumination it evokes.”Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

If there is a neighborhood in Chicago that reaches for the pinnacle of a book lover’s nirvana, it has to be Hyde Park. Surrounding the University of Chicago and situated just south of the Loop, this epicenter of learning, education, and literature is a bibliophile’s wonderland of Indie bookstores. 

However, just when it felt like the dust had settled from years of fighting off the tentacles of Amazon’s loss-leading blitzkrieg on bookstores, a new threat has set up shop right in Hyde Park’s very midst. This time it’s not a digital menace, but instead a big-box goliath — Barnes & Noble.

Yes, in a free market, competition is supposed to benefit the consumer. But, and this is a big but, at what cost? Price is not and should never be the sole factor, especially in the book realm. What about the value of the experience? What about service? What about variety? What about the discovery of the unexpected? What about home-grown? What about locally owned and operated? What about sanctuary-like ambiance? What about a delicate mix of existing independent bookstores who live and operate as a cohesive draw to Hyde Park?

“The value is, and always has been, at least in the good and serious bookstores, in the experience of being among books–an experience afforded to anyone who enters the space with curiosity and time. And the yield is discovery, not of what we think we know we want, but of that which we have yet to encounter.” Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

Typically, a big-box store will not draw people from far outside the local vicinity when it has dozens of locations spread all over Chicagoland (21 at last count).  Meanwhile, a unique and varied collection of Indie bookstores can and will do just that (draw customers from further afield) because of the collective experience they offer — and that sublimely satisfying pastime known as “browsing” where one can wander, wonder, discover, ponder, and partake without interruption. Such a unique labor of love [browsing] can never be truly replicated in a big box. Imitated maybe. Replicated, never.

“Big-name box bookstores have installed cafes and armchairs precisely because people like to hang out around books. Next time you’re in one of those cavernous megasellers, see for yourself how they’ve worked yo create ambiance. Look at the shelf placement, how they’ve been arranged to mark off cozy little reading nooks. Somebody’s tried very hard to make you forget you’re in a warehouse.” Source: Wendy Welch, “The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap”

Call & Response, 57th Street, Powell’s, Seminary Co-op, University of Chicago Bookstore, and Build Coffee & Books all combine to fulfill a literarian’s needs in this special corner of the Windy City.  Why, other than to disrupt the curated zeitgeist of Hyde Park, does B &N really need to be there?

Hopefully, over time B &N will find itself out of place in Hyde Park and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. And if they do hang around for longer, it’s as a cohort versus a predator.

My guess is the good people who shop the existing Indie bookstores in and around Hyde Park will continue their time-honored tradition of supporting the stores that germinated in and around Hyde Park and avoid the intruder. May it be so.

In the interim, either the individual store websites or bookshop.org offer easy access for all of us who cannot be physically in Chicago on a regular basis to assist the Indie bookstores in Hyde Park. All of them, except the campus bookstore have a presence on the bookshop.org site (57th Street through Seminary Co-op).

Peace, happy reading, and great browsing!

“Every great bookstore allows the reader to get lost in it.” – Source: Jeff Deutsch, I”n Praise of Good Bookstores“

#57thStreetBooks #books #bookstores #browsing #BuildCoffeeBooks #CallResponseBooks #Chicago #competition #history #HydePark #indie #literature #opinion #pondering #PowellSBooks #reading #retail #rumination #SeminaryCoOpBooks

Protecting the Literary Zeitgeist of Hyde Park’s Indie Book Scene

“A good bookstore sells books, but its primary product, if you will, is the browsing experience…One of the great benefits of the act of browsing is the rumination it evokes.”Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

If there is a neighborhood in Chicago that reaches for the pinnacle of a book lover’s nirvana, it has to be Hyde Park. Surrounding the University of Chicago and situated just south of the Loop, this epicenter of learning, education, and literature is a bibliophile’s wonderland of Indie bookstores. 

However, just when it felt like the dust had settled from years of fighting off the tentacles of Amazon’s loss-leading blitzkrieg on bookstores, a new threat has set up shop right in Hyde Park’s very midst. This time it’s not a digital menace, but instead a big-box goliath — Barnes & Noble.

Yes, in a free market, competition is supposed to benefit the consumer. But, and this is a big but, at what cost? Price is not and should never be the sole factor, especially in the book realm. What about the value of the experience? What about service? What about variety? What about the discovery of the unexpected? What about home-grown? What about locally owned and operated? What about sanctuary-like ambiance? What about a delicate mix of existing independent bookstores who live and operate as a cohesive draw to Hyde Park?

“The value is, and always has been, at least in the good and serious bookstores, in the experience of being among books–an experience afforded to anyone who enters the space with curiosity and time. And the yield is discovery, not of what we think we know we want, but of that which we have yet to encounter.” Source: Jeff Deutsch, “In Praise of Good Bookstores“

Typically, a big-box store will not draw people from far outside the local vicinity when it has dozens of locations spread all over Chicagoland (21 at last count).  Meanwhile, a unique and varied collection of Indie bookstores can and will do just that (draw customers from further afield) because of the collective experience they offer — and that sublimely satisfying pastime known as “browsing” where one can wander, wonder, discover, ponder, and partake without interruption. Such a unique labor of love [browsing] can never be truly replicated in a big box. Imitated maybe. Replicated, never.

“Big-name box bookstores have installed cafes and armchairs precisely because people like to hang out around books. Next time you’re in one of those cavernous megasellers, see for yourself how they’ve worked yo create ambiance. Look at the shelf placement, how they’ve been arranged to mark off cozy little reading nooks. Somebody’s tried very hard to make you forget you’re in a warehouse.” Source: Wendy Welch, “The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap”

Call & Response, 57th Street, Powell’s, Seminary Co-op, University of Chicago Bookstore, and Build Coffee & Books all combine to fulfill a literarian’s needs in this special corner of the Windy City.  Why, other than to disrupt the curated zeitgeist of Hyde Park, does B &N really need to be there?

Hopefully, over time B &N will find itself out of place in Hyde Park and move on to greener pastures elsewhere. And if they do hang around for longer, it’s as a cohort versus a predator.

My guess is the good people who shop the existing Indie bookstores in and around Hyde Park will continue their time-honored tradition of supporting the stores that germinated in and around Hyde Park and avoid the intruder. May it be so.

In the interim, either the individual store websites or bookshop.org offer easy access for all of us who cannot be physically in Chicago on a regular basis to assist the Indie bookstores in Hyde Park. All of them, except the campus bookstore have a presence on the bookshop.org site (57th Street through Seminary Co-op).

Peace, happy reading, and great browsing!

“Every great bookstore allows the reader to get lost in it.” – Source: Jeff Deutsch, I”n Praise of Good Bookstores“

#57thStreetBooks #books #bookstores #browsing #BuildCoffeeBooks #CallResponseBooks #Chicago #competition #history #HydePark #indie #literature #opinion #pondering #PowellSBooks #reading #retail #rumination #SeminaryCoOpBooks

Co-rumination: Why venting about the same person or problem over and over again causes trouble

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/co-rumination-why-venting-about-the-same-topic-or-person-over-and-over-again-can-be-trouble

Co-rumination: Why venting about the same person or problem over and over again causes trouble

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/co-rumination-why-venting-about-the-same-topic-or-person-over-and-over-again-can-be-trouble

Co-rumination: Why venting about the same person or problem over and over again causes trouble

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/co-rumination-why-venting-about-the-same-topic-or-person-over-and-over-again-can-be-trouble

Co-rumination: Why venting about the same person or problem over and over again causes trouble

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/co-rumination-why-venting-about-the-same-topic-or-person-over-and-over-again-can-be-trouble

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future? This FREE 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

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Tiny comic about situational insomnia with IH - please follow my FREE comic in Tapastic, share if you please, and help me spread #IdiopathicHypersomnia awareness by farming good karma with each action. <3

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Tiny comic about situational insomnia with IH - please follow my FREE comic in Tapastic, share if you please, and help me spread #IdiopathicHypersomnia awareness by farming good karma with each action. <3

Tapastic: https://tapas.io/episode/3683491
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Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder

Summary: A new study shows that misophonia, strong negative reactions to certain sounds, is closely linked to cognitive…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/192151/

Presence Restorative

Ruminating about the past? Worrying about the future?

This 52-minute restorative practice is for you! Cultivate your presence in the here and now.

Release stress and tension by anchoring in the present moment.

Open your heart, release tension through the pelvis, groin, and low belly, release stress, and experience conscious rest.

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/presence-restorative/

#Yoga #RestorativeYoga #SelfCare #Rest #Stress #Worry #Rumination #FreeYoga