‘Paying Attention’ Is Overrated

Why connection is more important, and how to achieve it

amy brill
Forge
Published in
4 min readSep 8, 2020

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Life during lockdown has demanded constant, unwavering attention. Zooms beget Zooms: school committees, work meetings, happy hours. They blur together, and I find myself zoning out as I nod along with the other disembodied heads.

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amy brill
Forge
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Writer, traveler, mother, napper, author of The Movement of Stars. amybrill.com