It means different things in different contexts.
A spy ceases communication to avoid detection. A company halts operations or delists from the stock exchange. An individual or group stops all social media activity as a protest or simply because they need a break. Police might temporarily halt operations. Encrypted communications might be temporarily impossbile to access.
A teenager might take a break by not responding to text messages or emails to establish independendence and use their time differently. Someone else may want to focus on a project or improve their productivity by disconnecting from others. Another person might be isolating until a problem is solved or because of stress. Someone else may be trying to avoid burnout
Disappear. Become suddenly unavailable. Sometimes they just want some quiet to listen to the ocean move along the shoreline.
Fall-ing in Love: 40 Days of Noticing is a daily writing practice that opens a landscape of discovery into my own human experience.
Katherine Cartwright has been blogging since 2012, and each year brings new wonders. She asks big questions of the small things in life.
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