Girlrotting

I think a lot about rot and rotting because the rot is something that's featured prominently in my life in recent years. In my mind, the rot is something that creeps up on you when you aren't doing enough to take care of yourself. The rot may creep up on you even if you are taking care of yourself, if you aren't doing enough to take care of others. After all, we all live in one world, and when the rot comes for others it will inevitably come for you too. The rot has both an individual and social aspect. The rot—at least, the kind I'm concerned with—probably won't kill you, but there's good reason to hang on to its association with death. The rot will leave you feeling miserable. It'll make everything in your life harder to deal with. Overcoming a little bit of the rot isn't too hard, but the more you rot, the harder it gets to deal with it. A healthy life is one in which you are continuously doing a little bit of work to keep the rot at bay. This is the first year I've felt totally…