I have come and gone a number of times over the years.
A tide of enthusiasm accompanies the comings. Unrelenting inspiration swells, manifesting in proclamations of a renewed sense of purpose, of a commitment to a new project, a new vision, a new sense of self.
The goings, though? The goings vary.
Some are announced. They come in the form of blog posts, of newsletter declarations, of social media mentions.
Others, still, are quiet, are little more than suggestions of an absence felt before it is confirmed, assuming it’s confirmed at all.
No matter how the goings have arrived, however, they have always arrived, and though today is a day for going, it is not, as has often been the case, a withdrawal.
Today is a day for going forward, for uniting these comings and goings in a movement guided not by aspirations of more, but by curiosity.
So, this time, on everything. This time, all of me.
More to come. Keep curious.