Bonnie Stewarti forgot to come here.
habits die hard, & new habits take regular practice to form.
Tanya **moved**@bonstewart Hoping some positive reinforcement might help...
Fredrik Graver 🎥🥌@bonstewart Indeed! Come chat with us; we're friendly. @Tdorey
Christina Hendricks@fgraver @bonstewart @Tdorey I keep remembering because when I first got on Mastodon I did it every day for about a week. And got so rewarded with such wonderful convos that not only did it become a habit, it became one I look forward to each evening (most evenings, at least), and stay up late doing even thought I should sleep. Like now.
Kate@clhendricksbc @fgraver @bonstewart @Tdorey I'm like Christina, I find that suddenly it became a habit so that even if I've had a busy day, I do tend to wander in here to see what's up.
And sometimes when a little thing happens to me in my day, my new first thought is to share it with this small community. I think for me it's the manageability and familiarity of a smaller conversation. Even when there's nothing particular being discussed, I like resting in this company.
Thank you all.
@Tdorey @bonstewart @fgraver @clhendricksbc
See, and then this lovely delicate human thing happens, and someone I only know from here notices that I said that thing and favourites it. This makes me conscious of the importance of mastodon's strangers-to-me, of caring for spaces others are using.
I see you @paralithode, I'm glad you're there.
@katebowles @paralithode @Tdorey @fgraver @clhendricksbc i like the phrase "resting in this company." somehow this feels like a slightly separate space from the others in which i talk to you - even if many of you are ppl i talk to in other spaces - and it has an intimacy that i like.
so hi. i'm still here. resting but present in a way. :)
@bonstewart You know, @katebowles has a wonderful knack of choosing exactly the right words for describing things :) It is a wonderful place to rest in good company, and with the extra, added bonus of interesting conversation. @paralithode @Tdorey @clhendricksbc
Econproph@bonstewart @paralithode @Tdorey @katebowles @fgraver @clhendricksbc It makes the space nice and more tempting to post something more thoughtful or even incomplete, knowing that thoughtful people like you are listening.
@clhendricksbc @fgraver @bonstewart Increasingly it feels to me like a forest escape.
Conversations grow, connect and spread out in different directions. It provides shelter and allows new ideas to germinate. A place to think.
And breathe.
When I get busy, I forget about it for a while - until I need to escape.
Then I remember. And return.
And am so much better for it.
Maha Bali مها بالي@katebowles @Tdorey @bonstewart @fgraver @clhendricksbc
I come here to escape also.. Well to relax. Which I seem to remember to do every couple of days without notifications. I used to think it was notifications that were key to social media engagement
I come here to escape also.. Well to relax. Which I seem to remember to do every couple of days without notifications. I used to think it was notifications that were key to social media engagement
@mahabali That's the key, isn't. Most other social media constantly reminds me to check, engage,... it can get exhausting. I come here every day because I want to and find it both restful and engaging.
I still believe it's due to a big helping of serendipity... A happy meeting of an open and inviting environment with a group of open and inviting people. :)
@fgraver @mahabali @Tdorey @bonstewart @clhendricksbc This is so interesting: I've found the same. I was formerly very notification driven, and now unread email is in the bazillions and I come here just to see what's happening, who's about.
@katebowles @fgraver @mahabali @Tdorey @bonstewart I've been without internet for a couple of days and found that the only thing I missed was conversations here! So I came back here the first thing when internet came back.
@clhendricksbc @katebowles @fgraver @mahabali @bonstewart Interesting huh? When this site went down for a while yesterday, I spent a bit of time back on the bird site. Found a tweet chain between two people I know but didn't think knew each other. Here, it would have turned into a rich conversation. There, it became "Congrats & let's plan to catch up!"
@Tdorey Very Interesting! I'm so off & on internet right now I didn't even know. Enjoying holiday off, out of town.
Daniel Lynds@bonstewart we missed you, but also forgive because you've been occupied with the nudes and trees and holidays - I'll let you unpack those here :^P