Totally relate, almost word for word. Just before the pandemic hit, a friend died suddenly, and then I was in a self-enforced lockdown trying to finish a book ... and then the globe shut down. My own world got so small it was a massive achievement just to go and get a coffee from the McDonald’s drive-thru. That was about as much communit…
Totally relate, almost word for word. Just before the pandemic hit, a friend died suddenly, and then I was in a self-enforced lockdown trying to finish a book ... and then the globe shut down. My own world got so small it was a massive achievement just to go and get a coffee from the McDonald’s drive-thru. That was about as much community as I could handle. And yes, while I kept up Instagram posts and Substack etc, I got more jaded about them as well. I’m still not out of it either, so the best I can say is that you’re definitely not alone in what you’ve experienced. But how you’ve expressed it is a gift and I certainly appreciate the vulnerability.
Totally relate, almost word for word. Just before the pandemic hit, a friend died suddenly, and then I was in a self-enforced lockdown trying to finish a book ... and then the globe shut down. My own world got so small it was a massive achievement just to go and get a coffee from the McDonald’s drive-thru. That was about as much community as I could handle. And yes, while I kept up Instagram posts and Substack etc, I got more jaded about them as well. I’m still not out of it either, so the best I can say is that you’re definitely not alone in what you’ve experienced. But how you’ve expressed it is a gift and I certainly appreciate the vulnerability.