Our extended family has this beautiful cabin that's supposed to be for individual retreats, but now everyone wants to coordinate and make sure it's 'fairly distributed' and the whole scheduling process has sucked the spontaneity and peace out of it. What used to be a place you'd escape to when you needed it has become this bureaucratic process where you have to justify your need for solitude six months in advance.
More people experience this than they realize.
The attempt to democratize access to solitude has paradoxically made the solitude less accessible.
“Where Are You with Solitude in nature?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.