This isn't goodbye, and I've tried this once before, but this time I really think I am going to be spending a lot less time on Hubski. I'm sharing this with you because I don't know why. I like you guys, I respect you guys, and I think you guys deserve to know.
I'll still post Happy Saturdays and he occasional craft thread, because in all honesty, it makes me feel good to do so. I think though, with the way people have been talking on Hubski, Reddit, the news, now's not the time to be pissing away hours on the internet. Everybody is feeling a cocktail of emotions and it's gonna probably get worse. So I'm going to be doing my best to be focusing on my family, on my friends, and my community.
So I'll be at the comic shop on my days off. I'll be spending as much time as possible with the religious communities I've recently become a part of. I'll be at Cars and Coffee, maybe join a quilting guild or something, take family and friends out to dinners, movies, and local shows. I'm going to do my best to be there for the people just by being a positive part of their lives and I encourage you all to do the same.
I'm not going to lie. Like usual, I have no idea what I'm doing and like usual I'm very tired and very scared about the world and my future in it. I do know that I'm not the only one who feels this way and I do know we can't allow each other to feel like this. So I'm gonna play it by ear, try to fix myself and maybe the world around me a bit.
Wish me luck in trying to touch the people that I love. Wish them luck. Wish us all luck. The world deserves better.
francopoli, thenewgreen, camarillobrillo, jadedog, goobster, WanderingEng, steve, blackbootz, rjw, War, bioemerl, flac, rezzeJ and everyone else, thank you for the well wishes. Don’t worry though. I promise not to be a stranger. You all make it too hard to stay away, and that’s a good thing.
Family first!! Enjoy your time with them. Stop by on occasion and let us know how you're doing. Breathe. It's all going to be alright. You'll see :)
There's no good reason to piss time away on the internet. Lately it stands out more. I wish you a happy journey away from the internet chaos. I deleted my Twitter account three months ago. Facebook went the same way years ago. The only social media I use anymore is Hubski and Instagram. I find I feel better getting away from all of that. Instagram is great because one has to share a picture. One can't just spam text. I'm going to try to do more MeetUps. There seem to be some good people on the outdoors one, and now getting past my last race of the year I plan to attend more running meets to meet more people and keep my miles up.
I'm sorry to see you go. You've been one of the main contributors I've noticed here since I came back. I pray my ramblings weren't part of why you're taking a break. You seem like a very thoughtful person and you may have the right idea about stepping back and focusing on what you love. I hope you center yourself and come back when you're ready. Peace
Don't worry. Nothing you or anyone else on here has said or done has pushed me away and I don't feel like I'm being pushed away. I feel I'm being drawn out. Afterall, it would be so hypocritical of me to talk on end about the values of community while staying home every night.
Balance. It's all about balance. I hope you are able to find it. You're awesome! I really dig your positive outlook on life. Hope you make Hubski a part of your "balance" again. Thanks!!
What about this community! :p You're a very engaging and curious person and it's been a pleasure to banter with you. Feel free to resume hubski activity when you feel more comfortable: I know that my interest in the site is a sinusoidal function (fancy word I just learned for something that goes up and down periodically).
I know we haven't directly interacted much, but I want to say that I appreciate the positivity you always strive to bring to the community. I hope you don't mind me sharing this pertinent extract from a book I read recently. Maybe you will find some value in it, maybe not: ... If something in your proceedings is diseased, do reflect that disease is the means by which an organism rids itself of a foreign body; you must then simply help it to be ill, to have its full disease and to let it break out, for that is its development. (Letter to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke)We have no cause to be mistrustful of our world, for it is not against us. If it has terrors they are our terrors; if it has abysses those abysses belong to us, if dangers are there we must strive to love them. And if only we regulate our life according to that principle which advises us always to hold the difficult, what even now appears most alien to us will become most familiar and loyal. How could we forget those old myths which are to be found in beginnings of every people; the myths of the dragons which are transformed, at the last moment, into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our life are princesses, who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything is at bottom the helplessness that seeks our help.