You Will Be Hated
A concept that I have struggled with for nearly the entirety of my time as a young adult so far is the concept of being left alone. Not necessarily in the sense of loneliness , but rather, the ability to be alone. Now, let’s get this straight- I live my life with someone. Nearly all of my time is spent with someone. I chose to share my life with Sarah and our dog, Jasper. But in reality, they are the only people I truly enjoy being around all the time. That is specifically due to the fact that Sarah and I share the key trait of not being able to deeply annoy the shit out of one another, but I’d like that fact clearly stated as what I am referring to here is that while I write about being “alone,” I am not fully alone. As it has been mulled over by the great American thinkers and writers of the past, our ability to be distanced from one another physically, especially in the sense of being able to be left alone in the wilderness is being continually threatened. One generation after a