Review Preview: Floating Space

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If you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you know that I recently moved cities. It was my second big move in three years. I went from Western New York, to New Jersey, and I now live in Baltimore. For some, that’s comfortable. There's a thrill of adventure. For others, that number of big moves so close together, is a lot. While we have some connections here, it still feels like we’re starting with some type of blank slate. Old connections fracture, and new ones take time to form.

For many people, this is a familiar story. They live in a place, or maybe a few places, as they grow up. Then they go to college, or a job pops up half a country away. As people grow and move, they have to make a lot of value judgements to figure out what the right thing is for them. A lot of these you don’t fully appreciate until you’re heading to the emergency room, with your closest friend being two hours away.

Moving to a new city is exciting and intimidating. You not only have to adjust to a new job, a new home, and a new weather pattern – but also to a whole new culture. You need to fit into a place that doesn’t care about how you fit, or if you fit. In my experience, it makes sense that a lot of people who move around might stay as digital as possible for their social life. The internet makes it easy to find comfort in the uncomfortable, just the type of comfort that doesn't make you leave your home.

So what do we do when work, home, and leisure are all in the same place? What does it do to us? This idea is explored in one of the most incredible podcasts of the year, Floating Space.