Let Go

December 5 – Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?

I cannot think of an answer for this question.

This means I’ll delve into lame material.

I guess I made the leap and “unfollowed” some folks on Twitter and some friends on Facebook. I’ve been trying to pare down my use with Facebook. In fact, I’m pretty sparse. I don’t offer a lot anymore. I’m careful about what I share. Maybe I should be more careful. I dunno. But this particular act of letting go—while it feels kinda good—was nothing ever drastic.

This is my fear of conflict setting in. What if someone wants to friend me back? Will that start this awful email chain back and forth? What’s the harm in saying “hey, I’m a different person than I was my freshman year of college.” Or do I have to say anything, really? Who knows.

I am starting to let go of some close friends—unintentionally. I’m not sure if they’ll come back or if I’ll go back to them. I know friendships evolve and pull apart naturally. But I’ve seen some strong ones get pulled apart and I’m left in the middle, unsure of where to navigate. So much of the relationship I had with these folks involves the friends we no longer share. That turns the dynamics of the relationship around.

Perhaps it could do me some good to be more conscious of letting go and simplifying.

I hold in a lot of tension, thoughts, stuff.

More than anything, this prompt makes me think about just how much I can afford to let more stuff go. This is contributing to the theme of the year: WANDERING.