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I need to re-learn how to do commumnity.
I feel so isolated these days -- and have for quite some time.
Not having the day job makes it even more acute.
The last communities I had were the WIT group of women from my former church, four or five of us who met regularly for mutual support and encouragement -- including three of them coming over at 9pm one night to help me bail out the all-time worst flood in my basement -- but that group dissolved several years ago. The other most recent "community" was Hob and the Welshman and I are the rest of our gaming group imploded. We were confidantes, did things together. . . Then, a few years ago, the Welshman simply stopped returning emails and phonecalls. Hob and I are still friends, but the sense of community was lost.
I have friendships, but none of them are within the context of community. I see them all around me, but feel bewildered as to how to hook in -- and part of me isn't sure that I want to. But I'm growing to hate the feeling of isolation, of having only myself to turn to, of not having any place to share face-to-face and do things with others.
I guess I need to check the MeetUp site again. . . I'm not sure what else to do.
I feel so isolated these days -- and have for quite some time.
Not having the day job makes it even more acute.
The last communities I had were the WIT group of women from my former church, four or five of us who met regularly for mutual support and encouragement -- including three of them coming over at 9pm one night to help me bail out the all-time worst flood in my basement -- but that group dissolved several years ago. The other most recent "community" was Hob and the Welshman and I are the rest of our gaming group imploded. We were confidantes, did things together. . . Then, a few years ago, the Welshman simply stopped returning emails and phonecalls. Hob and I are still friends, but the sense of community was lost.
I have friendships, but none of them are within the context of community. I see them all around me, but feel bewildered as to how to hook in -- and part of me isn't sure that I want to. But I'm growing to hate the feeling of isolation, of having only myself to turn to, of not having any place to share face-to-face and do things with others.
I guess I need to check the MeetUp site again. . . I'm not sure what else to do.
