I unplugged from the Matrix for a couple days and it was so weird to actually stop staring at a screen hours on end.
I must say that you don't realize the power that the internet has on you till you unplug and do something fun or different. It is so easy to get caught up in the miasma that is the interwebs. Realize that the squabbles and entanglements on here can just be easily severed or solved on here by pushing a button.
It was amazing to come back on and get discord messages that I was missed. It gave me the dreaded....."feelz". As nice as it was to be off of here, it also had a sobering quality of realizing I really missed my little gang of misfits, geniuses and free-thinkers. It's necessary to take breaks but it also shows you that the intangible relationships that are made on here can have a vice like grip.
It is okay to tune in
It is okay to turn off
It is okay to drop out
It is also okay to let people miss you as well ;)
xoxo,
b.a.