I was hoping you would enjoy this! Knowing your love of libraries and books I wanted to make sure I hit the right notes… so I appreciate you reading so very much.
It actually took more out of me emotionally than I was expecting - sometimes you need decades of perspective in order to put the pieces together. Back then I thought I was “just a nerd” and now I recognize it went much deeper than that.
I was hoping you would enjoy this! Knowing your love of libraries and books I wanted to make sure I hit the right notes… so I appreciate you reading so very much.
It actually took more out of me emotionally than I was expecting - sometimes you need decades of perspective in order to put the pieces together. Back then I thought I was “just a nerd” and now I recognize it went much deeper than that.
I loved how introspective it was! And how it felt like you were making realizations as you wrote. It felt transformative for me, and made me look back on my experiences as a chronically ill/neurodivergent kiddo and why I felt more comfortable in libraries and forests than I did at parties and concerts.
I’m thrilled that came through in the writing - because I absolutely WAS making realizations as I wrote. As I told @Robin Taylor (he/him) … I really didn’t expect to be able to write anything on this subject. I was crying on the bathroom floor trying to read other people’s articles when I realized ‘hey perhaps I spent all that time there BECAUSE I was sick.’
The whole article was one aha moment after another!
I was hoping you would enjoy this! Knowing your love of libraries and books I wanted to make sure I hit the right notes… so I appreciate you reading so very much.
It actually took more out of me emotionally than I was expecting - sometimes you need decades of perspective in order to put the pieces together. Back then I thought I was “just a nerd” and now I recognize it went much deeper than that.
I loved how introspective it was! And how it felt like you were making realizations as you wrote. It felt transformative for me, and made me look back on my experiences as a chronically ill/neurodivergent kiddo and why I felt more comfortable in libraries and forests than I did at parties and concerts.
I’m thrilled that came through in the writing - because I absolutely WAS making realizations as I wrote. As I told @Robin Taylor (he/him) … I really didn’t expect to be able to write anything on this subject. I was crying on the bathroom floor trying to read other people’s articles when I realized ‘hey perhaps I spent all that time there BECAUSE I was sick.’
The whole article was one aha moment after another!