If you're even remotely interested in self-improvement and understanding your own habits and motivations, one of the first things you're likely to encounter is the process of being "alone with yourself," shutting out all external distractions and inputs.
Inner stillness only comes naturally to a small number of people... something we really learned and saw illustrated during Covid lockdowns when lots of people suddenly found themselves isolated from the usual ocean of noise and busyness dominating their regular lives.
Cabin fever turned out to be a very real thing, as many started to go a little bit crazy with only their own inner dialogs for company.
We live in a world filled with distractions... and we do tend to fill ourselves with those distractions because they tend to be easy and convenient — and they allow us to not have to think about things we'd rather not face. And, perhaps, they are also designed to keep us in a bit of a blind stupor in which we don't pause long enough to question anything.
There might not be anything directly malicious or sinister about that... beyond maybe just simple marketing greed, but it is there.
I have met more than a few people who say that they "don't see the point" of self-discovery because they are "happy" and don't want to take the chance of discovering that they might not be quite as happy as they thought.
Not going to suggest that there aren't people who are happy living only in the "shallows" of existence, but there's a difference between the somewhat bland routine of a known and structured pattern, and feeling a deeper sense of genuine inner contentment and purpose.
I should know, as I spend much of my younger life just "going through the motions."
It's pretty eye-opening when you discover that what you truly prefer in life is quite different from what you thought you were supposed to prefer.
So much of our world is centered around pre-packaged images and messages, designed to make us follow pre-planned paths that have little to do with what would truly make us feel fulfilled.
Maybe I'm a bit out in left field, in the sense that I am well aware that my grandparents' generation grew up without any such notions as "fulfilment" in life. The whole "authenticity" and chart your own path ideal is a relatively new thing. Still, who doesn't want to live a happy life?
Personally, I've long enjoyed being in a quiet state. I actually prefer to not be constantly thinking and processing.
It's difficult sometimes... we have created a world in which we are expected to be "constantly moving," often centered around the fear that we might be missing out on something if we allow the busy-ness around us to simply pass by.
I take my quiet moments whenever I can find them... and it's not always easy. But it helps me stay sane in this otherwise crazy world.
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