It's lonely to be the first

On wishing there was a path to follow

Hello,

I am not a typically lonely person. I am always seeing friends or hanging out at a community thing. It turns out, though, that there are forms of loneliness that have nothing to do with how many friends you have, how loved you feel, or how often you are physically alone.

Recently, I’ve been feeling a certain type of loneliness really acutely: the …