Why we need to invite Silence & Space into our Lives.

I made a conscious choice to invite silence into my life by slowing down to declutter my mind, home and life.

Anjelica Ilovi in the south of Western Australia.

I drove to the south of Western Australia, to get away from the noise.

The noise in my mind.

The sky is different in the south. The air is cleaner, the stars shine brighter, and the atmosphere beckons you to stop.

One evening, I was walking along the beach, a few hours away from home. The sky looked like a massive dome of never-ending blue. It was surreal.

A strange feeling swept over me.

In that moment, I felt like I was the only person on the earth.

I was alone, but not lonely.

It was dead quiet.

Overwhelmingly quiet.

During this time of my life, I had been studying and working nonstop for a long time. My mind was checking out.

A cloud of anxiety hovered over me continuously, but I couldn’t slow down. I was afraid if I stopped — if I took a moment to just…stop — I would fall apart.

From a young age, I learned that silence and space — stillness — was a sign…