The Case for Intellectual Loneliness | by Emily Kuret | May, 2024 | Medium

I recently had lunch with a dear friend — one of those friends that you start with the obligatory “what’s new since I last saw you (four years ago)” and you quickly digress into the suffocating loneliness we both feel as women over 30. She aptly summed it up — “you are the total of those who surround you, and I am the sum of a 50 year old man and a 10 year old boy”. We lamented over the lack of culture, magic, connection and overall, challenge in our lives. We also noted that we can’t be the only ones. We’re both the type of women who are a little too intense for most. The ones that will likely take our bosses job’s — up before dawn and in bed too late — taking advantage of every waking moment of daylight (and moonlight) our lives can offer. We both have “big city jobs” — the ones that require a lot of travel, meetings at all times of the day, and an immense amount of problem solving. Both of us also live in small towns and commute only when necessary — leaving behind the quiet hum of

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