I somehow managed to get to a point where I don't do anything. Where I am not involved in life at all really. Nothing exist outside the small center from which I see only that which is in front of me. My sole window on the world is a 15" screen. I am considering a greater level of isolation, but it seems like I could not be more insulated from what is, than to just shut down completely. What happened to me?

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