Alexander Technique teacher, poet, world-creator, disabled person, permie
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:17 pm
Hello team! I love the interview with Paul Wheaton on Paul's podcast, and a lot of the ERE stuff makes such good sense. I love having validation for the weird way I choose to live my life and appreciate the welcome.
I don't usually tell anyone that I'm disabled, and I don't look disabled, but I am recognized as such by the US Gov., and I appreciate the support I've gotten that way. It has never been enough to live on, and I've had to work part time.
I am not legally supposed to have more than $2,000 in assets, so I have not saved, and there hasn't been much to save with paying rent...but I am re-thinking stuff now a bit more than I had. Instead of "how do I get well enough to get back into the workforce?" I'm asking "how do I retire?"
Also I've recently inherited some money, sort of...I don't legally own the money, my parents do, but I can request that they invest it in things I find ethically acceptable, and I can choose if it's invested in things that make me sad whether to accept the money or not...then again, if I don't spend it, then there's more money in the principle investment going to causes that make me sad, ironically.
I am more able to do heavy physical labor if I can choose my own pacing and have a sense of purpose to it (directly enough). I managed to garden for 11 hours a few days ago--3 hours on the clock for someone who's laid back, 8 building my own hugel bed for my own plants. In lead-free soil, so I can grow some root veggies! A small step toward independence.
I am 39 now. I welcome suggestions and support on my journey. I would also love to teach Alexander Technique of use of the self (body-mind movement in the gravitational field, in whatever activities you do)--maybe in a way that does not involve money, as long as it is treated with the respect that money usually engenders. I'd especially like to foster non-trained teachers working with one another to get hte benefits of Alexander's discoveries. I love the idea of connecting with other people who are focused on solid real goals vs. money + buying stuff + short-term rewards! Thanks for creating this forum and idea, Jacob, and for welcoming me into this community everyone!
DifferentlyAble
I don't usually tell anyone that I'm disabled, and I don't look disabled, but I am recognized as such by the US Gov., and I appreciate the support I've gotten that way. It has never been enough to live on, and I've had to work part time.
I am not legally supposed to have more than $2,000 in assets, so I have not saved, and there hasn't been much to save with paying rent...but I am re-thinking stuff now a bit more than I had. Instead of "how do I get well enough to get back into the workforce?" I'm asking "how do I retire?"
Also I've recently inherited some money, sort of...I don't legally own the money, my parents do, but I can request that they invest it in things I find ethically acceptable, and I can choose if it's invested in things that make me sad whether to accept the money or not...then again, if I don't spend it, then there's more money in the principle investment going to causes that make me sad, ironically.
I am more able to do heavy physical labor if I can choose my own pacing and have a sense of purpose to it (directly enough). I managed to garden for 11 hours a few days ago--3 hours on the clock for someone who's laid back, 8 building my own hugel bed for my own plants. In lead-free soil, so I can grow some root veggies! A small step toward independence.
I am 39 now. I welcome suggestions and support on my journey. I would also love to teach Alexander Technique of use of the self (body-mind movement in the gravitational field, in whatever activities you do)--maybe in a way that does not involve money, as long as it is treated with the respect that money usually engenders. I'd especially like to foster non-trained teachers working with one another to get hte benefits of Alexander's discoveries. I love the idea of connecting with other people who are focused on solid real goals vs. money + buying stuff + short-term rewards! Thanks for creating this forum and idea, Jacob, and for welcoming me into this community everyone!
DifferentlyAble