Things are gradually coming into sharper focus as I try to extricate myself from certain attachments. I’m slowly realizing that certain things that seemed desirable a month ago, or even a few days ago, are now both unattainable and unwise. And that’s a good thing.
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If I could pick two things that I’m very good at, they’d be these: sloughing off the day-to-day troubles of life, and carefully managing my emotions so as not to let the negative ones affect me. In terms that William James would use, I possess the “religion of healthy-mindedness.”
And yet the past three weeks have [...]
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A faint beeping permeates the air around me. It’s a bit of a distraction, I’ll admit. A hallmate’s alarm? I cannot know for sure. I consider getting up to knock on the noisemaker’s door, because after all, it’s 5:16 AM. But the comfort of my bed precludes me from doing so, and I continue to [...]
It had been a while since I’d wanted, so strongly, to cry.