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Met with my adviser today. (In his DC apartment, I had the choice of at school yesterday, or apartment today and yesterday was busier. Plus I was curious to see his newly-renovated apartment, lovely period furniture, great art, and a gorgeous kitchen with a ($16000!) backsplash made out of hand-blown glass tile.)

Anyway it was good to catch up (he's off this year) and he's on board with my top 3 dissertation-related priorities for the month (yay!). I think I may actually have figured out what my working process is/what I have to literally do and that's immensely relieving. Now I just have to, you know, do it.

In other news I'm seriously considering getting a tattoo. Seriously enough that I emailed the artist today. I'm not quite at 100% but at 90-95%, it will depend on the specific design she/we come up with.

Crazy diet plan (which is not actually crazy nor a diet, in fact they actively discourage calorie restriction) has a hard-core assignment today. Usual assignments have included: read something and think about it, watch a movie and comment, try a new food/recipe exercise thing, get a massage (I liked this one), etc..

Today we are fasting. Just for one day to make us more aware of our bodies and of internal v. external hunger cues (like food advertising). (They did specify no fasting if you have a medical issue or an eating disorder where fasting may trigger you.) Definitely one of the more challenging ones for me mentally. Right now I'm physically only slightly hungry and trying to distract myself from fixating on, obsessing over thinking about food. I'm drinking lots of tea. We'll see how it goes tonight.

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