Gentle Brain
I’ve never been a big game show person, but we ended up watching old episodes of The Chase because every hotel in Ireland seemed to show hours of episodes each night. It’s a trivia show that ranges from popular culture to history and literature to sports. We started shouting out the answers along with the players. The stakes felt high. I’d go to shower and rush back into the room to ask what had happened to the team. Had they been able to beat the chaser?
Our Four in a Bed. We watched bed-and-breakfast proprietors give each other hotel advice in a friendly competition to be the best value for money. And I looked forward to it, my time with random hosts. What had gotten into me?
I’ve had a hard time returning to my regularly scheduled program. I cannot seem to shake post-travel fatigue, read intense books, or consume the news. It’s like my brain is telling me to be gentle with it. Don’t jostle it or challenge it too much. Give it a hot water bottle and let it watch game show episodes from 2009.
Would I have felt this way if I hadn’t given myself a break? I think so. I think my brain was heading this way months ago. I just gave it permission to take a break
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British panel shows got me through the last Trump administration and Taskmaster got me through the pandemic and quite a bit of this Trump administration. I keep thinking I should probably subscribe to BritBox.
D and I watched The Chase regularly in the last year when I was cooking dinner – it was something we could both have opinions about, and was very gentle. (Though I would roll my eyes in frustration at contestants’ lack of knowledge about their own royal family! lol) Taskmaster has got me through the last few months too. There are times when our brains can’t deal with anything but the immediate. These programmes are good for that.
I watched a few old game shows recently. It was fun, but not enough to keep me coming back. Yours sound better.