The Ninth Question: The Best Defense...
Exploring how we protect our boundaries AND my I might have just seen the best movie of the year?
This week’s question has been sitting in my drafts all week, as it the topic came up for me while reflecting on last week’s prompt about feeling pride.
In some of my responses I came to find that the moments I was most, or least, proud of myself in were when I engaging with my boundaries. This week, I’m hoping we can explore that further together.
How do you enforce, or defend, your boundaries?
As always, offering you a few ways to consider engaging with the subject:
When was the last time you had to enforce a boundary? How did it go? How did it feel?
How do you feel when your boundaries are not respected?
Did you communicate your boundary before it was broached?
Did you know this was a boundary or did you discover it once you felt discomfort?
How can you better enforce, defend, or communicate your boundaries?
Is there someone or something in your life that you find yourself most often having to defend these boundaries against or with? Why is that?
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A Parting…Something
One of the best investments I’ve made this year was an AMC Stubs A-List membership. For ~$25/month, I can see up to 3 movies/week. This is actually the first week I’m pulling off the hat trick, as I’m seeing Return of the Jedi this afternoon (a 40th Anniversary screening), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on Thursday, and on Friday I saw what I’m ready to call one of my favorite movies of the year: Polite Society.
You NEED to go see this movie this week. Arguably the best new film I’ve seen since Everything Everywhere All At Once, and an absolutely enjoyable ride from the first shot to the last. In what other movie do you get to watch a woman eat a whole rotisserie chicken and see kung fu battles between women in full-length lehengas? It’s absolutely stellar debut film from Nida Manzoor. If you liked the cinematic style of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World or Kill Bill, then you’ll love the choreography and cinematography of these action sequences. If you like the way intergenerational trauma is explored in EEAAO, you’ll find this film similarly compelling.
Please, go see it. So they make more movies like this one.
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See you Friday!