note to self: go outside
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau credit My phone died recently. Not like died because of its charge — permanently died. I'm not the only one whom this has happened to, I'm sure, and this isn't a complaint. Rather, it's an observation on how different the landscape of my life has been without it. I've been reading more, watching more TV, doing less doomscrolling. I found that I've missed my phone a lot less and simultaneously a lot more than I expected. And I've been noticing a difference in my mental state. My mental health is, apparently, linked in part to the device I hold in my hand 99% of the time. Who knew? However, it's still been challenging lately, for more reasons than just my phone, and my sister invited me to go outside with her. Th
Sky, I know perfectly well what you are going through right now, that post-NaNo down-turn, the guilt at not being about to write anything seemingly worth-while, or even quickly, after you had rumbled through an entire month of scribbling. I highly suggest reading "After the War" from Scribbles and Inkstains. I think it might help put things in perspective and help you recover.
ReplyDeleteI agree entirely. I've been in/am in that spot now, as it happens. A very appropriate simile indeed. It's good to know that we can commiserate in pain, however! ;)
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