Time for another visit to the pages of Scary Mommy, a publication for progressive mothers, and where Ms Christine Organ has a problem:
For years, I’ve known that I have trouble sitting still, that I find projects and things to fret over. I need to literally schedule time to binge watch TV, and I multitask like a freaking boss. What I don’t know is how to let my mind and body rest.
You see, leisurely uses of time, including “lounging about on a rainy Saturday afternoon,” are fraught with mental hazards:
When I do something enjoyable – with no other “productive” purpose – I feel guilty… I’ve always thought that this is just how I’m wired (and maybe it is), but there’s something else at play too,
Happily, Ms Organ has fathomed the cause of her agitation and sorrow:
I suffer from internalised capitalism – and you probably do too.
Ms Organ, an “author and storyteller,” and user of Xanax, hints, almost coyly, at her own political leanings:
I’m on the democratic socialist end of the spectrum.
Then teases us some more:
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