I first read your essay when it came out last month through email and only just started being active on Substack now, but I am so so surprised not to see more discussion for this. I love the term "Hot Olympics", and I think all of us have been in a room where everyone seemed to care about something you just couldn't quite understand. I love the empathy and understanding you extended to the event here and how you focused on enjoying yourself more. I find that I tend to get lost in my head instead of living in the moment too.
What a good read!! I hope it was wonderful fo you to write too :))
liv 😭 this comment made my day, thank you for the thoughtful response!! writing this definitely made me step back and broaden my perspective a bit, and i’m so glad you enjoyed reading 🫶
i loved this!!! “The Hot Olympics do exist and they take place far more frequently than anyone would wish, but no one ever wins. And certainly no one ever really cares who’s competing for gold except the people in the ring” < so good!! and such a needed reminder that at the end of the day we are all just people and we all just want to be loved 🥹
I first read your essay when it came out last month through email and only just started being active on Substack now, but I am so so surprised not to see more discussion for this. I love the term "Hot Olympics", and I think all of us have been in a room where everyone seemed to care about something you just couldn't quite understand. I love the empathy and understanding you extended to the event here and how you focused on enjoying yourself more. I find that I tend to get lost in my head instead of living in the moment too.
What a good read!! I hope it was wonderful fo you to write too :))
liv 😭 this comment made my day, thank you for the thoughtful response!! writing this definitely made me step back and broaden my perspective a bit, and i’m so glad you enjoyed reading 🫶
I am sure I have attended a few of those events you call the “Hot Olympics”!! Great name for them and I couldn’t get away from them fast enough.
Also, I love the comments from Kurt Vonnegut. We don’t do that often enough!
Great job Evie .
Grandma Charleen
i loved this!!! “The Hot Olympics do exist and they take place far more frequently than anyone would wish, but no one ever wins. And certainly no one ever really cares who’s competing for gold except the people in the ring” < so good!! and such a needed reminder that at the end of the day we are all just people and we all just want to be loved 🥹
we do all want to be loved!!!