An Experiment in Human Connection
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Antisocial Social Club is an experiment in human creativity and connection. For 365 days, I'm committed to sharing real talk that goes deeper than the chatter and noise of social media. I might fake my own death on social media in 2025, and if I do, this is where you'll find me instead. Please come along for the ride! No, I don't know where we're going, and I'm not sure when we'll be back. So get in, but only if you're down for a trip into creative chaos and the wild unknown.
64. backslide
You know, I used to be terrified of making any kind of big, public pronouncement about what I was doing, or intended to do, because I was afraid of my own self-sabotage. I was scared I wouldnāt follow through on what I said Iād do. I was anxious that Iād tell people I was doing something, then ch...
Feb 17, 2025
63. are we there yet?
Iāve been writing here for 63 days, so that meansā¦ only 302 left to go.Ā
Iāll be honest, Iāve been having misgivings about the duration of this project. It usually goes something like, āItās only day 63. How in the world are you going to have something to say for the next 302 days? Throw in the t...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 16, 2025
62. short circuit
How can a neurodivergent person explain what overstimulation feels like to someone neurotypical?Ā
This is the question I asked myself more than once today as I struggled with a particularly potent day of short circuiting in my mental and emotional functions.Ā
Itās become glaringly obvious that th...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 15, 2025
adhd
61. fur burger
Itās Valentineās Day and Iām thinking about the love stories in my life - especially the wet, sloppy, hairy, stinky ones. In some ways, the love stories with my canine companions might be the sweetest of all.Ā
Iāll give my mom credit for opening the tap to my sappy, softie heart. The boys love do...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 14, 2025
60. atomization
Sugar, spice and everything nice,
Thatās what little girls are made of.
Salt, mud, shadow and blood,
That's what whole humans are made of.Ā
What happens when we try to keep our imperfections, flaws, and ādarkā aspects hidden? It certainly impacts us personally, as strengthening the mask of what s...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 13, 2025
59. open mic
On Wednesdays I have school - two classes, six hours, and this is at least the third or fourth week Iāve found myself exhausted, trying to write at midnight, and today brought an epiphany.Ā
So Iām happy to share a new ritual: open mic night at the Antisocia.Ā
On these nights that I have nothing l...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 12, 2025
58. future self
The year was 2014, and I was guiding one of my first paddle board yoga teacher training sessions in San Diego, accompanied by my dear friend Shannon Purves. Shannon is a real groovy kitten, one of the most radiant light-beams Iāve ever met, and one heck of a yoga teacher. During this training, sh...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 11, 2025
57. purpose
In the Upanishads, a wise sage addresses the issues of what to do in the dark times. He is being questioned at the court of a powerful ruler who understands the material world but realizes that at times a deeper knowledge of existence is required.
Beginning with what he knows best, the king asks ...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 10, 2025
56. lobster lovers
If youāve been in romantic partnership for long enough, you may find that at some point you forget how to do the romantic part.Ā
Thatās what happened for us, anyway. Iāve been married to Brent, a man Iām obsessed with for 13 years, and weāll have been together for 16 this September. We have two k...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 09, 2025
55. sugar baby
I have great news (for me, anyway). It's date night. Our first true and proper date night in five years. My mom is watching the kids overnight so Brent I and can run away and be lovers for 24 hours.Ā In full transparency, I don't wanna write today. I just wanna get away and be un-responsible, be a...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 08, 2025
54. apocalypse
It was a revelation, a reckoning, and a relief, all in one.
Today was apocalyptic: from the Greek ApokĆlypsis, a "lifting of the veil", or finding out something secret.
It brought the catastrophic ending of a friendship due to betrayal. Remember yesterday, when I said if you wanna piss me off, li...
Feb 07, 2025
53. fed up
Iāve been thinking about this word āboundariesā which came to me for the year ahead.Ā
Well, not thinking about the word, but thinking about my boundaries. It may come as no surprise that I am fiercely protective of my energy, since Iāve pulled it back in such a specific way to focus on this writi...
by Amelia Travis ā
Feb 06, 2025
