Awayness -

Awayness isn’t a sudden break; it’s the quiet erosion of friendship. It’s when you stop being the "friend they need you to be" and start "sleepwalking toward separation".

Awayness often stems from a lack of vitality or purpose. We are "standing on billions of corpses"—the legacy of those who suffered before us—and it is our responsibility to give that suffering meaning. awayness

Combat awayness by prioritizing the process over the result. Like an artist who draws for the sake of drawing rather than the finished print, find activities where the "whole point" is that you are doing it, not a robot or a routine. Awayness isn’t a sudden break; it’s the quiet

Finding meaning in the feeling of being lost or "away" from yourself. Awayness isn’t a sudden break