Can you fill space? - by shaahana - rambles
shaahana.substack.com · 985 words · saved by 11 readers
An attempt to understand and accept the transient nature of relationships
I sent a text recently … it was something along the lines of: “Hey, I‘m sorry I haven’t texted you in a bit. If you’d like to catch up, I’m just a phone call away!” Edvard Munch, Separation The nature of my schooling system is that relationships can often be quite transient (platonic and romantic alike). Every few months, we are thrown into a new job, a new city, and new people, and this cycle is repeated through our late teens to early 20s flipping between school semesters and internship semesters. It’s not exactly an environment conducive to building lasting relationships. Some recent…
saved by
- Jennifer Tsai
- Emily Hu
- Adriana Ceric
- Jaclyn
- Kelly Chong
- Ethan Benjamin
- Shaahana Naufal
- Eli Qian
- Jacky Huang
- Melissa Regalado
- Binalpreet Kalra
related reading
- Can you fill space?shaahana.substack.com
- people come and gonicoles.substack.com
- everywhere i go, i'm hoping i meet someone like youcindo.substack.com
- making and keeping friendsava.substack.com
- the art of staying in touchvelvetnoise.substack.com
- The problem of long-term close friendships - by Kasrabitsofwonder.substack.com
- yearning for permanencekellychong.substack.com
- Give your friends a chance to abandon you - by Kasrabitsofwonder.substack.com
- The friendship problem - by Rosie Spinksrojospinks.substack.com
- i think about it all the timeclairebookworm.substack.com
- Give your friends a chance to abandon yousubstack.com
- Ask instead of updatecarinas.substack.com