My best friend and I used to text each other constantly throughout the day with random observations and weird thoughts, but after she had her baby and I started my new job, our conversations became purely functional updates about our lives. We both acknowledge missing 'the old us' but every attempt to be spontaneous feels performative now.
More people experience this than they realize.
The harder you try to resurrect what was natural, the more elusive that naturalness becomes.
“Where Are You with Deserts and arid landscapes?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.