Perhaps, The Only Way Out is Through.
I have been deliberating for the longest time whether I should start a blog to chronicle my caregiving journey. The reason I have existed in this conundrum is that we live in the most "vulnerable" generation yet. By this, I mean that everywhere you look on social media and the Internet at large, people are sharing even the most minute details of their everyday lives. There is a proliferation of "get ready with me", "a day in my life", etc. videos that are meant to invite the observer into the happenings of the subject's life while allowing the subject to remain connected in an increasingly disconnected world. [Isn't it funny how, for a generation that has been able to achieve numerous ways to remain connected on a global scale, we are the most alone we have been in the past centuries?] As a human being in need of connection and understanding, I can relate to this perverse need for our lives to be validated by strangers online; in a post-pandemic wo