Good morning, everyone. I'm just checking in this morning. Today is a NewsWELL and I'm actually excited for this one because yesterday I really chopped up up a lot of I don't know what it was. I was trying to figure out slow pretty much and be a part of slow. Anyway, I'm excited for this. I'm a new stay at home mom and I don't get out much just because I live in Phoenix, Arizona
Serena Rios
@cactuscloudsart · 3:37
Is it our generation specifically, or just maybe the life stage that we're going through? Maybe it's a brain development thing. I don't know. But in the past, I love being surrounded by people. And though I still experience that a little bit now, I also have, like, ill people are exhausting, and I do experience that burst of anxiety in situations. So it's interesting. And I don't know if I can pinpoint a reason or a deeper thought except for solidarity
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:37
Hey, Katie, I I love how you title this, by the way, Owning Me. And you know that you you sort of have a very nuanced celebratory aspect to this swell, which I really wanted to reply to. There's a beautiful book that was just spoken about recently called Quiet by Susan Cain, which is really about the quiet person and what they need and who they are and how deep their reservoir goes in terms of their person and how sometimes people who are quieter are misinterpreted
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 3:13
Who you're spending your time with and who you're surrounded by affects how much you want to be engaging in a group and in a social setting. Yeah. I feel like there's a beauty in being in an intimate little group and feeling like everybody has the space to breathe and move and be themselves. I think that always is the point of it all to me, is do I feel comfortable being myself right now?
Katie Spottedcrow
@spottkat2u · 3:01
So I think that was a turning point. But you are right. Having a child is oh, man, it's another story, really. I'm like, don't touch my child. Like, let's be real. Even though the pandemic is over and things like, people still get the coronavirus, like, people still get the flu. But my child is my child. And I'm like, I need to be protective
Katie Spottedcrow
@spottkat2u · 3:05
But yeah, you are absolutely worried about that. This time has really given us a push in different directions and there's a huge wave for a lot of us and we're just trying to be stable again. I just hope things won't be as weird. Like I remember before the pandemic that I was like getting out there, I was talking to a load of people because my work, that's what it was
Steve Prudhomme
@Sabastian · 1:30
Hey there, Katie. Maybe. Yeah. Today is a good new day. It's a good day. It's a good new day simply because we are choosing to make it so we welcome. I'm new, too, and I'm trying to find people that will probably communicate on a daily basis through this neat app that I came across that I intended to use for a different purpose, which is promoting my writing
Katie Spottedcrow
@spottkat2u · 1:33
Hey Steve, thanks for posting. I'm interested in knowing what type of writing you have and what your goals are with this writing and what you want to call accomplish. But also hello everyone. Good afternoon. I'm just appreciating today taking care of my mental health. I don't get to do that often, sometimes because I take care of a little girl who is turning one this month. And I do love her
Zara Lisbon
@ZLisbon · 3:26
So thanks for sharing this, because, yes, so many people feel that way. And you're a new mom, you're a newly stay at home mom. It's totally valid to focus on your kids and focus on what they want to do. I don't know how old they are, but just being there for them, the outside world will be there. It's not going anywhere, I don't think. I don't have kids, so I don't relate to that part