clubhouse chat: wishful thinking

week two of the semester, and september is doing its best january impression. the modern day health club respects a rebrand, but monday is where resolutions go to get tested, so if the motivation is already wobbling, the second wind protocol is required reading. and read to the end: your five minute week two kit is waiting at the bottom.

the glow file

does manifesting work? the club pulled the receipts. tiktok has renamed this month september theory, the do-over january, and the vision boards are officially out. here is the plot twist: nyu psychologist gabriele oettingen has spent decades on exactly this, and pure positive fantasy lowers your odds, because your brain mistakes dreaming it for doing it, feels finished, and relaxes. the fix is mental contrasting: picture the win, name the real obstacle, then write an if-then plan. her lab calls it woop, and in studies it doubled physical activity. so manifest away, just make the dream sign a ten week contract. speaking of contracts nobody asked for, kansas just honored one.

the piggy bank

residents of norton correctional facility in kansas raised four thousand two hundred sixty seven dollars to wipe out school lunch debt for kids they have never met, about seventy one percent of the district's remaining balance, gone. no vision board involved, just a wish with a plan attached. the scientists were feeling generous this week too.

heard at the clubhouse

a uc riverside entomologist discovered four new insect species, pale yellow with little red accents, and named the whole genus swiftiephylus, after taylor swift. blonde with a red lip, now peer reviewed. classics get named after classics. two more wins before we get dressed.

the sunshine page

new mexico banned new uranium mining across more than thirteen million acres of state trust land. and maine is supersizing two wildlife crossings so moose, bears, and even brook trout can stop playing frogger on route one. safe crossings for everyone. here is what to wear for yours.

the dress code

daily fit: the base leggings in midnight black, eighty five dollars, the week two uniform, 8am lift to lecture to library with zero costume changes. seen on: kate moss at tommy hilfiger, blue button down tucked into flared indigo jeans, the nineties model off duty blueprint, still undefeated (marie claire's nyfw front row report). save up for it: the hermes birkin 30 in etoupe, thirty four thousand pounds on the resale racks and holding 108 percent of its value, the longest long game in the building. a birkin is a marathon. your monday is a sprint. kit up.

the passed note

the week two kit, five minutes flat. one: keep sunday's assignment alive, one wake time, monday through friday, no negotiations. two: woop the week, wish, outcome, obstacle, if-then plan, one sticky note. three: restock the gym bag, batiste original dry shampoo is eleven dollars at ulta with 4.5 stars across 28,121 reviews, and it is the difference between making the 8am and bargaining with it. four: japanese walking week hits day five today, three minutes easy, three minutes brisk, times three. report card lands in thursday's science read.

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