Beautiful, thoughtful and honest. Both the written and photographic reflections . . How deeply your words resonate!
With advancing age, I increasingly want to make every day intentional, prioritize my “ things to do” and treasure the time. Social media does indeed chew up the waning time and often focuses my attention on things I don’t need to invest in. Thus, the next step ?
I don’t want to lose touch with so many people. . .
Your photographs are striking! It seems you have really had a rough year. I am also doing the prompts and am enjoying everyone's take on them and how different they all are. I subscribed so I could catch your next one. This is fun!
I want to read this again. And again. I feel these words. Thank you for sharing them with us. I also feel this fog - over my heart...I want it to move but it’s sticking around. I think it’s waiting for me - to move. But I don’t know where or how. The social media thing, I wish I knew how to navigate it. My whole being is wrestling with feeling seen/known and with certainty, I know social media isn’t the place to but I falsely believe it needs to be too many times. And there are so many of us feeling this way, yet we keep showing up. And keep feeling we shouldn’t. Ugh. The fog. I’m so grateful for you. I’m looking this friend up.
Sheeeesh yes and I’m sorry and yes. That photo stopped me--absolutely beautiful. Your words about social media--truth. I’m planning my exit from FB as well. And Lori’s prompts--such goodness and blogging-nostalgia. I’m so glad you wrote this.
Kris, I am so glad you said all this here....Absolutely perfect.
((and if you need a recommendation for how to get off social media....you know I'll steer you to the Writing off Social podcast. A breath of fresh air... I feel like I can breathe since I said goodbye to IG and FB; there is so much more life in my life of writing and creativity.
Thank you. I know that kind of grief and that kind of scrolling. Though after a long season of low grade grief and fog I think I’m waking up. This is beautifully written. Thank you for daring to share.
Kris,
Beautiful, thoughtful and honest. Both the written and photographic reflections . . How deeply your words resonate!
With advancing age, I increasingly want to make every day intentional, prioritize my “ things to do” and treasure the time. Social media does indeed chew up the waning time and often focuses my attention on things I don’t need to invest in. Thus, the next step ?
I don’t want to lose touch with so many people. . .
Hauntingly gorgeous, Kris. As always, you write down the bones of life in a way that makes me feel deep down things.
Thank you. I feel all of this. Deeply.
Your photographs are striking! It seems you have really had a rough year. I am also doing the prompts and am enjoying everyone's take on them and how different they all are. I subscribed so I could catch your next one. This is fun!
I want to read this again. And again. I feel these words. Thank you for sharing them with us. I also feel this fog - over my heart...I want it to move but it’s sticking around. I think it’s waiting for me - to move. But I don’t know where or how. The social media thing, I wish I knew how to navigate it. My whole being is wrestling with feeling seen/known and with certainty, I know social media isn’t the place to but I falsely believe it needs to be too many times. And there are so many of us feeling this way, yet we keep showing up. And keep feeling we shouldn’t. Ugh. The fog. I’m so grateful for you. I’m looking this friend up.
Sheeeesh yes and I’m sorry and yes. That photo stopped me--absolutely beautiful. Your words about social media--truth. I’m planning my exit from FB as well. And Lori’s prompts--such goodness and blogging-nostalgia. I’m so glad you wrote this.
Kris, I am so glad you said all this here....Absolutely perfect.
((and if you need a recommendation for how to get off social media....you know I'll steer you to the Writing off Social podcast. A breath of fresh air... I feel like I can breathe since I said goodbye to IG and FB; there is so much more life in my life of writing and creativity.
Thank you. I know that kind of grief and that kind of scrolling. Though after a long season of low grade grief and fog I think I’m waking up. This is beautifully written. Thank you for daring to share.
Dang friend - this was so vulnerable and beautiful
Oh this right here, Kris --> 'Creativity is risky and requires something of you and sometimes I don’t feel brave enough to take the risk.'
Yeah. Absolutely.
The circular conundrum of where we find ourselves in this life. Your words go marrow deep my friend...