Thinking about not writing
Sep. 22nd, 2009 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceriI had another small chunk of insight today about my online withdrawal.
Ever since I discovered BBSing and then Usenet, the net's had to carry the load of most of my social life, because health and circumstances kept me so isolated. And it's done it really well. I am profoundly grateful for its presence and for all the wonderful people who've been so good to and for me over the years.
But now I actually have more people to talk to face to face, starting with my counselor and soon (I hope) to include more folks of other kinds, including some of the neat people I got to know online. And what I'm finding is simple: given the real thing, I just don't find what has been for me a surrogate as appealing anymore.
Thinking about this way, I am even less guilty-feeling about it. :)
Ever since I discovered BBSing and then Usenet, the net's had to carry the load of most of my social life, because health and circumstances kept me so isolated. And it's done it really well. I am profoundly grateful for its presence and for all the wonderful people who've been so good to and for me over the years.
But now I actually have more people to talk to face to face, starting with my counselor and soon (I hope) to include more folks of other kinds, including some of the neat people I got to know online. And what I'm finding is simple: given the real thing, I just don't find what has been for me a surrogate as appealing anymore.
Thinking about this way, I am even less guilty-feeling about it. :)