idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn’t need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time
more people would exercise if this culture didn’t make it absolute hell
I teach martial arts. we play games with the little kids. they swordfight with noodles and throw foam balls at each other. in the summer, we take them out into the parking lot with water guns. in the winter, we have snowball fights.
the teenagers get swords and staffs and practice knives. we teach them moves from marvel movies that they ask about. they get squirt guns and snowball fights too. we let them goof off and climb the support beams and charge directly at each other in padded suits.
sometimes parents say they miss doing things like that. I tell them, “stay for an adult class. just try it out.” we build obstacle courses and let them mess around with training rifles. they chat while sparring. we scream and cheer for them when they’re in the middle of a circle. and then we send them out to the parking lot with squirt guns and snowballs.
it’s exercise. it’s healthy. it’s an important life skill. and it’s fun as fuck.
This is one of the forgotten but imo super harmful symptoms of diet culture-exercise being relegated to weight loss rather than jist enjoying using and being in your body.
Don’t like the gym? Ok, go find a line dancing club. A Tai Chi class. Play Just Dance every day. Arrange a tag football team. Go to a trampoline park.
Using our bodies shouldn’t be a chore assigned in shame.
“they should teach media literacy in schools” english class “they should teach students how to spot misinformation” it’s english class “they should teach kids critical thinking” it’s called english class
ALT
