I’ve been living increasingly simply for a few years, and while the benefits have been profound, it’s left me feeling extemely alienated from other people and society.
It’s like my life has diverged on this other path, and the further down the path I go, the less I feel I can relate to other people.
Perhaps one of gaps is the result of my media consumption. At work, most of my coworkers are enthralled by a variety of media to the point its their main hobby in life. They spend most of their freetime binge watching Netflix or playing video games.
Meanwhile, I’ve found my media consumption to have naturally diminished on its own as I live simply. It’s gotten to the point where I just don’t enjoy TV or video games any more. These things are boring to me now, and yet because everyone is always talking about the latest show or game, I can no longer relate.
Likewise, my coworkers often talk about their latest expensive vacation, or what grand adventures they had over the weekend, and I can only comment that I spent most of the weekend “being boring,” as they say. I use the weekend to catch up on chores, cook, read, and work on my novel, but none of these are things my coworkers value, and because I also don’t value what they value, it’s left me feeling profoundly alienated.
Have any of you experienced this problem? I feel like I can only make the most innane smalltalk with people because we just don’t connect. It’s like I’m from a different planet with totally alien values compared to what most people value in life.
Submitted March 19, 2017 at 12:01PM by NoSurfArtist http://ift.tt/2noyu2W
