Join me on my earnest endeavour towards heartfulness in Heartstrings, a newsletter sprinkled with ideas of storytelling, nerdy science stuff, and simple life observations that warm my heart.
What to do when you're down in the dumps
Hey friends,
I recently discovered a new self therapy routine.
Not that it's super groundbreaking or anything. But it works wonders for me at least.
Whenever I feel uninspired or borderline depressive, here's what I do:
I go to the nearest coffee shop, grab an iced latte, and then walk to the second closest train station.
Why the second closest?
Because the distance is just right, and I feel the walk will help clear my mind a little (actually, a lot).
Why an iced latte?
Uh, for no particular reason actually. For the past decade I was dabbling in coffee, I have almost always gotten a hot drink. Only recently have I come to appreciate an iced coffee.
And if you HAVE to ask why a coffee, we can just stop being friends right now 😠
So far the routine's been great. Just today I did exactly this, and I managed to break free from the anxious spiral which has been consuming me for the better part of the past week. More about that on Wednesday.
Now, on to this week's dose of science-y nerdiness.
For the first time in literally forever, a kidney for a genetically-altered pig was successfully attached to a human body. And get this, the transplanted kidney STARTED WORKING IMMEDIATELY.
(Source: Morning Brew)
I'm sharing this because no animal organ has been transplanted this successfully before.
Mostly it's just been skin grafts, some cells and heart valves that are being transplanted, and that's already saying something.
Also, this seems like the perfect segway into a fun fact. The answer to the question that is UNDOUBTEDLY on all your minds.
Why name this newsletter Heartstrings?
Okay fine, I may have been presumptuous about everyone asking it, but hey, all for funsies.
To be honest, the name has been sitting in my mind for quite some time now. It's inspired by this anatomical structure in our heart, the chordae tendineae, colloquially known as the heart strings.
Simply put, they function to keep our heart pumping properly and blood flowing smoothly.
And you know me, I'm a sucker for a) coffee and b) anything to do with the heart and cardiology.
Heartstrings.
I just didn't know if it would work.
Until a group of inspiring souls encouraged me to go with the name, and that if it speaks to me, it will speak to my readers (ie. you lovely human being) too!
Yes Write of Passage folks, I'm talking about you. If you're reading this thank you.
I love the name so much I even made a cute lil logo-ish image for it 😃
So thank you, dear you, for gracing my words with your presence and time.
Until next time, take care and stay safe!
With hope, joy, and heart,
Mich
Mich
Join me on my earnest endeavour towards heartfulness in Heartstrings, a newsletter sprinkled with ideas of storytelling, nerdy science stuff, and simple life observations that warm my heart.
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