Hi there,
Today is the Sunday of a three day weekend. It is beautiful, lovely, serene and calming. Yet, now I feel like I have reached my capacity of R&R. I sit idly trying to figure what to do with my time. Usually, when I am bored, I turn on the television, play on my computer or go to bed. Yet, right now I feel like that is a waste of time, a waste of life. For instance, I played Words with Friends online for the past hour today, slept an extra two hours in-between breakfast and lunch, and watch television for a half hour. I feel like I don't know what to do with myself when I have time. I search for the easy way out. What is the thing that takes the least amount of energy with the most entertainment. It is a ratio. The activity that has the greatest ratio, is the one that I end up doing. On a positive note, I read 70 pages of Les Miserables in the past two days. That is a feat. It is better then television or sleep, because this requires thoughts.
Anyway, the reason of this post is not to complain, but to come up with a resolution. Starting Monday, February 20, 2012, I will do a technology fast. The guidelines of this fast are not the same as the last technology fast I did a year ago. Last year, I fasted from television, music and nonwork computer time. These are my new stipulations for a new year:
Today is the Sunday of a three day weekend. It is beautiful, lovely, serene and calming. Yet, now I feel like I have reached my capacity of R&R. I sit idly trying to figure what to do with my time. Usually, when I am bored, I turn on the television, play on my computer or go to bed. Yet, right now I feel like that is a waste of time, a waste of life. For instance, I played Words with Friends online for the past hour today, slept an extra two hours in-between breakfast and lunch, and watch television for a half hour. I feel like I don't know what to do with myself when I have time. I search for the easy way out. What is the thing that takes the least amount of energy with the most entertainment. It is a ratio. The activity that has the greatest ratio, is the one that I end up doing. On a positive note, I read 70 pages of Les Miserables in the past two days. That is a feat. It is better then television or sleep, because this requires thoughts.
Anyway, the reason of this post is not to complain, but to come up with a resolution. Starting Monday, February 20, 2012, I will do a technology fast. The guidelines of this fast are not the same as the last technology fast I did a year ago. Last year, I fasted from television, music and nonwork computer time. These are my new stipulations for a new year:
- No Facebook or YouTube
- No Television on-line (Netflix or Hulu or other movie sites)
- You may watch one television show with mom (Vampire Diaries).
- Do not use phone as entertainment
- Do not use computer for entertainment (Skyping does not count as entertainment
So, this is the prohibited list. Things I think are necessary to survival are: skyping with George, E-mail for work and new job, limited research, and use of computer for meet-up group events. I will also say that gym technology is okay to use. That is also a time period I may watch television. Hopefully, with this time I find from my purge of specific technologies, I will learn what boredom is again. I would guess that boredom will wreak havoc on my mind. I will have the urge to turn on the tube or open my laptop. To combat these urges, I am compiling a list of things to do when bored. I am compiling a list of things to do instead of watching television, sleeping and playing on the computer. Here it is:
- Bake
- Cook
- Read
- Write
- Practice Guitar
- Do Art
- Make a card
- Ride my bike
- Clean my living space
- Do laundry
- Go to the gym
- Play basketball with my siblings
- Go on a hike
- Jog
- Go to the library
- Study for the GRE
- Update Career stuff (Linked In, Twitter)
- Wash the dog
- Look at spanish stuff
- Go through life stuff and donate things
- Play games with my siblings
- Learn a new hobby knitting.... making something or another
This is all I got. I feel like I have other ideas up there, but can't think of them. I'll keep you posted on how things go.
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