Prompt: Write about silence.
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The prompt for today, May 19th, 2026, is: write about silence.
That was a long pause.
I think silence is difficult for me because I get very uncomfortable with it. I think that I want things to be quiet and calm and peaceful and silent in a restful sort of way, but when things actually become silent, I immediately look for something to do.
Part of this whole transition into what I’m calling “slow living” — this idea, this notion of developing some kind of slow living methodology, I don’t know what it would be exactly — would probably involve getting comfortable with silence.
I guess the clearest example for me is that I can’t sleep unless I have a TV show playing in my ear. It’s kind of awkward, honestly. I’ll have my iPad beside me with one earphone in because I can’t wake up Hannah, and there’ll be some movie or TV show I’ve watched a hundred times just playing in the background. I’m not even really paying attention to it, but I can’t fall asleep unless it’s there.
In fact, when it turns off, I wake up and put it back on. So even in an unconscious state, I seem uncomfortable with silence.
And I think that’s an issue.
Trying meditation would probably be interesting. I have tried it before, but I guess that’s the whole point of meditation — practice. You have to keep working at it.
So I don’t know. I don’t know if this reveals that I’m uncomfortable with myself, or with being alone with my thoughts, or if it’s simply silence itself.
What is that?
I’m curious now. I think I’m going to keep pondering this because I genuinely want to understand it better. Is discomfort with silence actually discomfort with myself? Or is it that silence removes the things I normally reflect against? Almost like losing a mirror.
Huh.
Interesting.
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This transcript was lightly edited with the help of AI for clarity, grammar, and readability while keeping the original tone and structure intact.
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