Again this year I feel like the Summer has passed and hardly anything has come of it. Life drags on and I still feel a daze that I have felt since last year when everything came to a screeching holt.
Although we are now 'allowed' to go out again and socialise, drink - but not dance etc. I can't really be bothered anymore. Maybe I have become to accustomed to this slower pace of life always full of nature, serenity and secret gardens.
I think this past year has changed my mind about people too. There has been so much online anger and division over the past year and a half; online censorship as well has reached new peaks (bring back 2015 Instagram please).
My passion for slow fashion and the environmental movement has not gone away and my heros in the movement continue to inspire me. Many of the online environmentalists however and the corporations and globalists who pay lip service to Mother Earth make me feel estranged.
The past year has been such a time of growth and reflection, thinking about what I really enjoy, who I really care about and what I want from my life. Slowing down with both feet on the breaks.....
Nature and being outdoors continues to be what inspires me, brings me joy and connects me to God. I vowed this year to spend more time outdoors emerging myself in what makes me feel happy.
Maybe this slowing down of the previous pace of life has been a good thing. Is it normal to feel burnt out by your late 20s? Is it normal for so many people to spend more time at work than with family? Is it normal to work all week but have no money and nothing to show for it? Maybe these things should be normal, maybe it is time for a slower more meaningful and considered pace of life. I hate the phrase 'the new normal' but maybe that is needed; life goes by so fast and we cant get it back maybe a slower life with more value on our time is where we are all headed...
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