We're at the beach and my daughter is showing me something she built in the sand, and I'm half-listening with one eye on my phone screen. I promised myself this trip would be different. But I'm here and not here, checking messages between moments, and my family has honestly stopped expecting me to be all the way present anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
You go on holiday but stay half-tethered to work, never fully there.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.