Ways of Seeing (Living)
I’m not sure if that time of the month is around the corner for me or if it really just comes with living alone (which obviously shows I’m not as “at home” as I thought I would be all this time), but I often catch myself dipping into these puddles of loneliness and feeling paralyzed by it sometimes.
Until I remember what a friend once told me about being lonely during moments like these: that once you power through something alone, you can easily survive just about anything. So I’ve noticed that trying, discovering, and allowing myself to encounter something new has always been my way of coping and it almost always does the trick of redirecting my attention (which really helps, haha).
It’s as if being surrounded by and exposed to these things already feels like having someone to talk to. Or maybe knowing that someone created them takes away the feeling that you’re actually alone. Honestly, I think that’s one of the reasons why being a creative has done so much for me and has saved me in many ways.
I tend to overshare and post a lot about things I find interesting and what I like or encounter, as if it’s second nature. But I think it’s mostly out of the hope that it might also help someone who’s going through something and sees the value in it the same way I do.