Yesterday I spent the entire day without internet. Somehow the network outage, once fixed, affected only our house. It did set me back a day with work, since I work remotely.
What I found interesting is what I was looking to do with my “time”. I could not “work”, watch mindless TV or amuse myself by asking Goo-Goo what time it was and having her answer me with “I found this on the web”… It’s a love-hate relationship with us!!
So I spent the day trying to be “productive” since I could not actually do any work, or work that was tied to the internet and felt that I should be “working”. So I started by mending some things, then I moved on to watering plants both inside and outside and trimming away dead leaves and filling in holes those pesky squirrels created, moved back inside to cull my closet one more time (I have been in a decluttering phase), then on to the dreaded taxes. As a self employed person I try to do taxes each month, moving everything into categories to make my accounts life easier 😁. Then I had a thought… what if I just sit and read??
I often tell folks to find some time and just be, so I decided to take my own advice. Which is hard right now, Kev is in Atlanta with his aging parents trying to make sense of that situation, which leaves the house empty and quiet. Don’t get me wrong I love quiet but when it’s this quiet I feel super lonely, or maybe it’s just where I am right now with Kev gone. Either way it felt a little weird, so I decided to play some Sound… I took out my bowls and uncovered my gong and just played!! I gave myself a little sound therapy, it was amazing. I then started to remember what it was like this past weekend with the Yoga Therapy Interns where we chanted and moved and that vibration came back as well.
It didn’t feel so lonely or quiet and my body settled into what was there for me. It made me really take stock of what I so on a regular basis. There was creativity in what I was doing. I was using my hands and connecting to lots of things. There isn’t really a point to all of this, this was just a look inside my brain and how I process things, and what I choose to do with my time instead of being a couch potato when there is no internet. It is also validation that I also need to find more time off, so that I can enjoy more of the little things instead of them being a “chore or a have too”. As my grandma used to say “ay mas tiempo que vida”… There is more time than life.
Love and Light to you all,
JennyO
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