My job in the adult world requires that I put in more seat time than I ever had to during my years of school and in any of my other jobs. I’m constantly surrounded by my coworkers and friends and family in what free time I have left. In light of that I’ve had to learn to reroute my alone time. Prior to this shift, I suffered from too much solitude, so in a way I welcome the change.
Risking how ‘too serious’ this might sound for the internet - interaction is what keeps us alive. Though I intensely value time alone, I’ve found out what work and life is like with others consistently keeping check on you. Now I fear too much time to myself and forgetting how to get back to the surface. There’s definitely a way to flow back and forth in a happy medium but I say all this to say: it’s nice to have a reminder that we’re designed to be among each other.
