Reader Experiences

On July 22 I shared a checking in with you post, inviting people to share what they’ve been experiencing during this time and how they’re doing. A lot of people decided to take me up on that – more than I was expecting. After personally replying to the first several dozen people that wrote to me, I let the remaining responses pile up for a while, and then I gradually read through them. I did read all of the responses, although I regrettably didn’t reply to everyone else after the first day or so. I actually just finished reading the last of those messages last night. More responses to that post were still coming in well after the first week, including last week, although now it’s down to a trickle. Some people shared pretty short messages, like a paragraph or two, while others wrote much longer and more detailed replies. And a few people actually answered every question in the original post – all 26 of them – even though I suggested picking just one or two. In some ways it was like reading a book on what my readers have been experiencing during this time. Some of the responses were very intimate, including thoughts and feelings that people weren’t even sharing with their spouses. It was a unique viewport into what my readers have been experiencing, almost like reading people’s private journal entries. I will of course keep all of the private details private, and I appreciate that people trust me enough to share those aspec...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Source Type: blogs