The last three months have been one earthquake after another with little time for truly setting up home and nesting. That is what we plan to do until the year ends.
I have been in Strawberry Fields for about five months. Here is my assessment. I love being in the fresh(er) air even though I am just 25 minutes outside of the Big Apple. I love the relationship I am building with the Hudson River and Connecticut. I love the quiet and the sounds of nature during all hours of the day and night. I love how much easier life feels since I have stepped away from the frenetic pace I kept in my old neighborhood. I love my calm ten minute commute to and from work.
And yet there is this funny tape loop going on in my head that cannot be silenced....
"this place would be so great if there were no people in it."...or at least less of the people I see.
With a full career and family triage, I haven't ventured out to meet new people. But the times I have been in group settings leaves me totally disinterested. Maybe I'm just getting old and can't be bothered since I already have a big basket of buddies. Maybe I am just enjoying the anonymity too much. It is liberating.
Yesterday night Ben shared a description of an "obstacle illusion" he was just busting to tell us about. I now accept that term into my everyday vernacular.
3 comments:
Not going out of your way to meet new people is ok. After what you all have been through it may be just what you need. Nesting etc. Later on the desire may come.
Jodi - sadly, the people aren't very nice. more interested in money than anything else.
Being under the radar has its benefits. I say, do what you feel.
Gonna credit you guys for your obstacle illusion phrase. it is ingenious.
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