I’m on a self-imposed month-long FB and IG break for my mental health. Received the email with your latest work, read it, and knew that I had to create a Radical account just to tell you how much I loved this piece. “…but the beautiful thing about life is I get to try again and if it doesn’t work out—You (and I) can always leave.” I really need to live that way. Also, it had me thinking about being alone vs loneliness—perhaps you’ve written on this before? It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately as relationships have changed.
Erin 😭 thank you!! I think I have, at least mentioned in things I’ve written before because it’s something I think about a lot, an assumption that I must be lonely a lot because I do so much/am alone ( not the case) or that I’m never lonely because I like being alone sometimes (also not the case). I think part of why I like writing letters is sometimes loneliness is not solved by the instant gratification of texting or calling someone because often when I’m lonely I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to even do that but getting mail or sending it is something I can do. If you ever want to chat ( or write! Or email!) about it, I’d be happy to 🙂 Thanks again for reading & being supportive!
I’m on a self-imposed month-long FB and IG break for my mental health. Received the email with your latest work, read it, and knew that I had to create a Radical account just to tell you how much I loved this piece. “…but the beautiful thing about life is I get to try again and if it doesn’t work out—You (and I) can always leave.” I really need to live that way. Also, it had me thinking about being alone vs loneliness—perhaps you’ve written on this before? It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately as relationships have changed.
Erin 😭 thank you!! I think I have, at least mentioned in things I’ve written before because it’s something I think about a lot, an assumption that I must be lonely a lot because I do so much/am alone ( not the case) or that I’m never lonely because I like being alone sometimes (also not the case). I think part of why I like writing letters is sometimes loneliness is not solved by the instant gratification of texting or calling someone because often when I’m lonely I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to even do that but getting mail or sending it is something I can do. If you ever want to chat ( or write! Or email!) about it, I’d be happy to 🙂 Thanks again for reading & being supportive!