Beautifully articulated Isabel. I left social media in January of 2020- not because I had some grand insight about what was about to happen in the world and on social media, but because my mother died and I needed to turn inward. I have never gone back. Despite often being housebound for health reasons, I am not tempted to go back. I have taken a couple of courses on zoom and appreciate the access but the truth is. . . . I don't really need more content, more input, more information as much as I need more stillness, more quiet, more focus on what is happening within and immediately around me.
This last part is such a reflection for me of where I too have shifted. This knowing that I don't really need more content, input, information, ideas, and in fact have become quite fatigued by over consumption. what is needed for me, which i so resonate with here, is more stillness, more quiet, and more focus on what is happening within and immediately around me. beautifully and so clearly said. thank you.
Thanks so much for sharing! I resonate with much of what you've experienced and expressed. Being bedbound, most of my community is online. So I continue to engage in ways that feel good to me, which is much less than before but still helps me feel connected to who and what I love. So much of what I miss no longer exists (unfetted pleasure at connecting in-person, in spaces safe from the spread of viruses). Now I revel in my time alone, with deeper connections with myself and my kin (including nature).
I really relate to engaging in ways that feel good being so much less than before. Because limitations are real, and not much is really accessible. And still choosing to engage when and where it is possible, and reveling (love this word) in other worlds of time alone and deep connections with self and kin and the immediate world right here and now.
Beautifully articulated Isabel. I left social media in January of 2020- not because I had some grand insight about what was about to happen in the world and on social media, but because my mother died and I needed to turn inward. I have never gone back. Despite often being housebound for health reasons, I am not tempted to go back. I have taken a couple of courses on zoom and appreciate the access but the truth is. . . . I don't really need more content, more input, more information as much as I need more stillness, more quiet, more focus on what is happening within and immediately around me.
This last part is such a reflection for me of where I too have shifted. This knowing that I don't really need more content, input, information, ideas, and in fact have become quite fatigued by over consumption. what is needed for me, which i so resonate with here, is more stillness, more quiet, and more focus on what is happening within and immediately around me. beautifully and so clearly said. thank you.
I love you so! <3
and i love *you*
Thanks so much for sharing! I resonate with much of what you've experienced and expressed. Being bedbound, most of my community is online. So I continue to engage in ways that feel good to me, which is much less than before but still helps me feel connected to who and what I love. So much of what I miss no longer exists (unfetted pleasure at connecting in-person, in spaces safe from the spread of viruses). Now I revel in my time alone, with deeper connections with myself and my kin (including nature).
I really relate to engaging in ways that feel good being so much less than before. Because limitations are real, and not much is really accessible. And still choosing to engage when and where it is possible, and reveling (love this word) in other worlds of time alone and deep connections with self and kin and the immediate world right here and now.