My internet has been out for the past week, and holy moly, it has been the worst. You would think I would get a ton done during this super fun week, right? Wrong. I was fairly unproductive for a good seven days of it. Then yesterday, I finally did things. I made all of the calls for my internship. I finally updated my 'Health' Excel sheets (Am I the only one who is obsessed with Excel?). I read a little, unpacked some, and watched a ton of Gilmore Girls. Oh, I also wrote a lot of blog posts, so I can stay updated with this ol' blog here.
So what's the point of this post? I don't know. Maybe I just want a space to say how much nothing I did over an eight day span.
I got a cold. I slept a lot. I coughed a lot. I called people for my internship. I read part of a book. I started unpacking. I quickly quit unpacking because I really don't have anywhere to put my stuff yet. I ate pumpkin bread. I learned how to make really bad frozen french fries taste good. I wrote a newsletter for my mother. I got replacement tires for my bike, so now I'm mobile! I made a schedule for my weeks, because I'll be damned if I keep waking up at two and not caring that I do. I FaceTimed with one of my best friends. I started learning German again. I was maybe not as bored out of my mind as I thought.
One of the biggest things I thought about while being basically computerless was, "How on earth did I survive without internet? What did I do with my free time?" I read. I played. I skipped. I jumped. I conquered. Or as this Table Talk suggests, I played with sticks. I did do the latter, but I would like to think it was 99% the former.
Now, what does this huge nothing post mean? I am way too tied to my technology. Seriously. After I ran out of unrestricted data, I literally spent thirty minutes waiting for a Snapchat to load. Really? What am I doing? So, now, I'm going to challenge myself. I want to do one technology free thing a week. (Really, only one thing? C'mon, it's hard.) I could go for a walk around my neighborhood on my own. I could go fishing. Since I now have a pair of wheels in my bike, I could even go visit my main boo, Dairy Queen.
I mainly want to be able to survive if my phone dies and be present when it's still alive. Is that too much to ask?
Anyway, I'm back to writing on this here thing. Get excited.


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