One of my personal requirements this year is to get less screen time, more real time. This is proving to be very had to do. First off my work consists of almost 100% screen time, unavoidable, so I do not to include that in my daily digital count. Now that classes are live again, that means less Zoom (yeah!), plus classes are infinitely better in person. Saturday meetings are via Zoom but that's okay because our laptop is right by a big window so the outdoors is a gigantic backdrop, distracting but in a good way. Now comes the real problem, My phone and the TV. I can feel the drop in my IQ as soon as either becomes my focus. They are like a drug, addictive, very hard to kick. Yes we all need some down time to recharge but I was finding myself using this as an excuse to watch more TV and play on my phone more. Then there is the weather lately, 39C in my back yard, this has made being outside prohibitive and down right dangerous, but now that we are back to more normal temperatures, I NEED to get outside and refocus on, well, everything.
The birds are singing, the rain just kissed the ground gently, the sun is coming up, I'm going outside to do some gentle quiet Tai Chi.
P.S. To talk about this I must use a screen, yes I get the irony, but such is our world.
Chow for now...........................
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