Grammer #03.

I shall leave it to others to distill the contents of this book into dry theories. These might become a contribution to the psychology of prison life, which was investigated after World War, and which acquainted us with the syndrome of “barbed wire sickness.” We are indebted to the Second World War for enriching our knowledge of the psychopathology of the masses, for the war gave us the war of nerves and it gave us the concentration camp.

As a young mom with a typically fraught schedule, my friend Jedha Sellner was burnt out, stressed out, and unhealthy. Looking to reclaim her vitality in 2011, she decided to try an experiment. She knew she wanted to become healthier and to feel to better, both for herself and her family. Sellner wanted to have tons to energy to play with her daughter and be there for her husband. But she didn’t have time, motivation, or willpower to make big changes to the way she fueled her body. Instead, she decided to commit to a single change in behavior. On simple thing - how hard could that be?

As I write these words, I’m sitting in an old, overstuffed chair on the balcony of a beautifully renovated bard in Woodstock. It’s 5:45 A.M. My family and, it seems, the world have not yet risen.