Today's OneWord: Loneliness

I thought that, when I pulled the plug of my computer and swore off the Internet for a month, I'd be crushed with a stark, impeccable sense of loneliness. Seemingly, I was losing contact with hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Long distance friends, old acquaintances, teachers miles away. I wouldn't be typing little blurbs to them or clicking that good old thumbs up icon on my sites.

Three days in, however, I was outside more, talking to more local people, and becoming more active. I was the opposite of lonely. I was liberated.