I recently wrote a piece titled We’re Living Out of Sync, to frame and present the work I’m doing with Days & Seasons, a budding ecosocial initiative.

The article explores the lived experience of time in modern life, how our days are often shaped by accelerated, abstract systems that pull us out of rhythm with our bodies, our environments, and the natural cycles that quietly structure existence. What I’ve been noticing, both personally and through the development of Days & Seasons, is that this disconnection is both philosophical, but also deeply felt. Felt, lived, day in and day out. It shows up as fragmentation, fatigue, a loss for the *zest* for life, and a subtle, but ever-increasing loss of coherence.

The community at DTN resonates strongly as a broader framing of this same condition. Where my article focuses on the immediacy of daily and seasonal misalignment, DTN opens the lens to deep time, inviting us to situate our lives within planetary, ecological, and evolutionary processes. What I’m exploring through circadian and seasonal awareness feels like an accessible entry point into that larger temporal reorientation: using the day and the season as scales where individuals can begin to re-establish rhythm, awareness, and alignment in a tangible way that can be practiced daily, where ever you are, whatever kind of day is at hand.

The project feels like there is a natural complement here. If deep time expands our sense of context, then grounded, rhythmic living helps us embody that awareness in practice. My hope is that projects like Days & Seasons can serve as a bridge, helping people reconnect with time not just as an abstract concept, but as something lived, felt, and participated in. I’m grateful for the perspective this community is cultivating and excited by the possibility of these ideas continuing to inform and reinforce one another. I’ve learned so much from DTN’s offerings and am excited to offer this perspective as a contribution to the community.