there’s an error in the title. let me fix it by starting from the beginning. one of my favorite ways to experience a city is to walk its streets at 3am. when there are no cars, barely any people, you can walk right in the middle of the street. even sit there.
needed this! I have definitely been longing for connection. and part of me has fallen victim to the idea of having " to learn self-sustenance. to take responsibility for our own happiness and mental health. it was easy to feel alone, difficult to ask for help." I really loved hearing about your experiences in africa.As someone who left africa when I was only7, I often wonder if I would have experienced mroe connectedness and less loneliness had I never left. The US has offered me and my family so many opportunities but maybe at the cost of that thing that makes life worth living.... interested in how you are rebuilding that sense of communal living here in the US -- with love from philly, Ines. PS I gasped in male priviledge haha when you mentioned walking in the streets at night alone. Miss yall!!
haha male privilege fr. you have to be wary of the grass is greener effect but i do think the differences in cultures are not imaginary. they materially affect our relationships and the expectations and reality of connection.
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needed this! I have definitely been longing for connection. and part of me has fallen victim to the idea of having " to learn self-sustenance. to take responsibility for our own happiness and mental health. it was easy to feel alone, difficult to ask for help." I really loved hearing about your experiences in africa.As someone who left africa when I was only7, I often wonder if I would have experienced mroe connectedness and less loneliness had I never left. The US has offered me and my family so many opportunities but maybe at the cost of that thing that makes life worth living.... interested in how you are rebuilding that sense of communal living here in the US -- with love from philly, Ines. PS I gasped in male priviledge haha when you mentioned walking in the streets at night alone. Miss yall!!
haha male privilege fr. you have to be wary of the grass is greener effect but i do think the differences in cultures are not imaginary. they materially affect our relationships and the expectations and reality of connection.