It doesn’t do one any good to play small. We’ve been over this.
But inflating your ego to the size of a country doesn’t help either.
So what’s left?
I’ve been sitting with that question, watching it turn itself over like a stone in my mind.
Thinking about how I want to show up in the spaces I take up.
Digital, physical. Seen and unseen.
It’s harder than I thought to translate a self into pixels.
To be real in a place that’s mostly mirrors.
The thought of keeping up with all those social media accounts makes me want to lie down and simply not.
And then I remembered…
This blog!
My small, steady corner of the internet.
It’s quiet here. Honest. The air feels like me again.
So forget the Substacks, the Instas, the TikTacs.
They’ve all been deactivated, tucked away for now.
For now, I’ll be here.
More often, probably.
But please, don’t ask for constancy.
See you in the in-betweens.
-AP