TAKE A BREAK FROM TECHNOLOGY
The other day I left my laptop at work. Who does that? Well, apparently ME! I made it all the way home only to open my laptop case and discover that my laptop was not in it. I could have traveled back to get it, but why? It was Saturday. I didn’t have any training plans to make, I didn’t have anything that I absolutely needed to do on it, so I just left it there until the next day.
And it was NICE to not have.
I read a book. Since “Where the Crawdads Sing” is now a movie, I wanted to re-read the novel before seeing the movie in the theatre. It was nice to sit on my balcony and open a book without thinking about anything else. I love reading so it was nice to be able to open the book and to become lost within the pages.
There is entirely too much dependability upon technology. It’s everywhere. People would rather spend time on their phones viewing social media than to engage with those around them. They would rather show off their life on Facebook and Instagram. They have a minor freakout if their running app isn’t working.
Is this really healthy?
Take a break from it. It’s nice. I do it quite a bit, actually. Go somewhere and not post a photo of your whereabouts. Take in the sunset and its surroundings while leaving your phone behind or in your pocket. Take that run without showing off your pace/distance/time. Take that trip and only tell a few people where you are going. Take a run without worrying about your time or how far you went.
Soon you will realize that those things you have since relied on do not really matter and what matters is how you have spent your time which will only matter to you. As it should be.