The constant noise around us—literal and digital—keeps us from our own thoughts. A weekend away showed how deliberately stepping back from the world matters for finding yourself, not because silence is better, but because recognizing how much the world intrudes on your mind is the first step.
There is always buzzing, humming, and shaking as we go about our day-to-day. We're so intertwined with our surroundings that even when we seek solitude, we're unable to totally remove ourselves or, or pull ourselves from the noise. And to me, that weekend was just an incredible reminder of the importance, the significance of remembering to separate ourselves from the world from time to time, the value of truly being alone with our thoughts, shielding ourselves from the externalities. It's not that we have to exist in total silence and solitude somewhere like Northern Washington, which I believe is one of the locations from the article Ashley cited as a, you know, one of our quietest locations. It's more so that we must realize the world around us is constantly seeking to inundate every thought with impressions and ideas Stories and other noise. The world around us is constantly seeking to influence. That's the million-dollar point, right? Even when we don't realize it, we are navigating ideas, engines, and electronics. There is always something placed between who we are and what's most important to us. And it's imperative that we recognize that.
