My gap year was supposed to be boring. Instead I've taken 19 flights before summer even ended, and somehow I still feel more rested than I have in years.
This episode is part of my summer read-aloud series, where I'm sharing personal essays straight from my Substack. This one's about what happened when the "spacious, do-nothing" gap year I planned turned into a calendar full of tennis lessons, swim classes, and last-minute flights, and why I had to stop judging myself for it.
In this episode, you'll hear…
Why I planned a year of "blank space" and ended up busier than ever, just in a totally different way
The real difference between being chronically online and busy versus chronically offline and busy (and why one feels so much better than the other)
What happens to my brain, my relationships, and my sense of reality when I spend too much time online
The moment I realized what I was actually feeling wasn't guilt about overcommitting. It was judgment
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