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And this summer, which has been one of self-exploration and healing and spiritual change, has very much been another installment in talking to myself between the two parties.Īnyway, I still have a bit of moving in to do today and consequently wish to be “offline” as much as possible, so I best get to talking about our book club.
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When I suddenly deleted my Twitter account in 2020, after six months of gaining a permanent spot in book Twitter with my tweets about beauty and books, I explained to everyone around me that “I needed to learn how to talk to myself again.” I thought of this line whenever I declined a social event or decided to take a long, much-needed walk this past year. “There will be a party / where you’ll feel like / nobody’s paying you attention / And there will be a party / where attention’s all you’ll get / What you need to do / is to remember / to talk to yourself / between these parties.”Įver since I first read this poem, I have resonated very deeply with the idea of learning to talk to yourself between parties.
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Pádraig Ó Tuama’s poem “How to Be Alone” comes to mind:
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This summer felt like a liminal space of sorts I didn’t have a lot of events going on, so I consequently had a lot of time for inner dialogue and reflection- reflecting on my friendships, reflecting on my relationship with the Divine, reflecting on my ambitions and dreams.