Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Lots of answers to this one -- I even thought about cheating and just saying “everything”! But I think the thing I would like [and need] to be better at right now is the art of being alone.
It has been eleven years since I started living by myself at the age of 54 – before that I always had family [mother, kids, spouse] around on a daily basis – and I feel that I still don’t quite have the hang of what it means to my well-being. Some things are pretty obvious but were new to me; no one to pick up but me, for example. I found I rather like not having anyone to dole out didjados, to remind me it is time to eat or time to go to bed or time to do the laundry. And I now have the power of the remote! That in and of itself was a huge change as I can indulge my tastes and whims not only in what I watch but how I decorate. But being alone also makes it too easy to believe that you are expendable and/or invisible, that you don’t “matter” and that no one really cares. Being alone doesn’t have to be lonely, but it often becomes that way even with a 2nd Life to fall back upon. Being alone shouldn’t bring on what I have been calling the “cone of silence” and shouldn’t trigger isolation from friends and family.
In two days I head for WDW, my second solo visit to the place where Frank and I spent so much time together. The first trip was a flop, but I think I have I learned enough about being alone that I can handle this one even though I will well up when I hear the Mariachi band in Mexico, and cry at the Lion King show.
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