Me Then Now Process

Today I made my way incognito to the West End to do some shopping. Some gifts are from places incompatible with MeThenNow. One department store used to be a more pleasurable experience but from the threshold onward I found the shelves piled high and closely grouped, the narrow gaps between full of people reaching over each other grasping, turning, returning again and again. Upstairs was less crowded but there seemed to be an atmosphere of anxiety amongst the shoppers. I made my way out into the hectic street all noise and bustle. Before long I had reached the limit of my endurance and could only wait for the ‘bus, my trip generally unsuccessful. I am perhaps out of place in that environment. It was once my everyday environment and yet today I find how I live as 19o4 has changed me. That environment is not for me, the world I am making suits me better. I wonder if others enjoy that environment, or merely endure it.