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Gilda basically hit it best. Feeling lonely is feeling a loss of connection. You know you aren't physically alone, yet feel you are? That's being disconnected...been there, done that, can't afford the tshirt.
Sometimes (most times, really), we get so wrapped up in the immediacy of our family and work lives, and we begin to cocoon ourselves, eventually cutting off our connections to what used to bring us joy. Then the worry starts because we know we lost something, but we're not sure what. We prioritize the wrong things thinking it will help-making ourselves busier with family and home, which just makes things worse. It's a cycle and before you know it, the loneliness has pervaded, taken over.
Call a friend you haven't spoken with in ages...leave the toys out a day or two and do something joyful...delegate so that you don't feel everything must be done by you or it won't get done. And if things don't get done around the house, fine...if tomorrow were the last day you could walk around freely, what is it that you'd regret not having done? Do it....
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