Today I began a thirty day minimalism
challenge, and honestly, today's task is probably the hardest one.
1.
Stay offline for one day
Social
media, endless news streams and articles all drain our energy and
keep us in a constant distracted state. So today: Log off and enjoy
the calmness of staying disconnected.
It's
not as if I haven't done this before, it's just that it has been a
while. And usually, when I do something like this, it's only social
media in particular that I avoid. It has been strange not being able
to google things! (If you are wondering how I am typing this right
now, I am just using OpenOffice on my laptop, so I'm not online...
loophole!) I did need to drop by the library to print out a copy of
my renewed lease, which did involve logging into my e-mail, but that
totally didn't count.
At
work it was easy to avoid my phone – I was busy. But now that I am
home, I'm going to have to get more creative. Normally I would
marathon Scrubs until bedtime, breaking to cook dinner, and browse
Tumblr. Today, I think, I will clean out my purse and catch up on my
magazines (would you believe I am two issues behind on Real Simple?).
So
far I know I have missed twenty-two Facebook notifications – so far
– and some cute baby photos on Instagram, according to my sister. I
have a list of things I have wanted to look up but couldn't (mostly a
bunch of stuff about kombucha) and I am missing my Timehop nostalgia
trip for the day. I also have no idea what my friends are doing
because I haven't been stalking them, and I am the world's worst
texter. Hopefully everyone is okay!
I
really do enjoy doing things like this, though. I like the quiet and
the focus. I like to de-stress and de-clutter. I like time spent
alone (sometimes). And, I figured, what a perfect time to try to blog
again.
Note:
It has been a week and I have still only done day one of the
minimalism challenge... I didn't give up, I'm just...taking my time.
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