While I will definitely miss writing emails, looking up new recipes, finding new music, drooling over running elevation charts and stumbling upon wild tidbits of information, one specific song comes to mind when I look at this goal. RE-EVALUATING TIME has been such an important part of my year. Spending less time doing things that make me unhappy and don't fall in sync with my goals and spending more time doing the exact opposite.
How much time do you think you spend on the internet? How much productive? How much wasted? How much of that time would you rather spend outside? You've only got one shot at this thing and do you really want to spend it looking at a screen? What is that feeling you have when you stare at a computer screen for two hours straight? There sure is nothing natural about it. These are the questions I confronted myself with last November.
I don't think the internet is a bad thing, if anything it is absolutely wonderful. Limitless information and the ability to read and acquire knowledge in your own home that used to be only available in advanced college courses or the ability to be inspired by a video at the click of a finger. Nothing wrong with that. I want to take a step back though. I want to see the internet as a privilege and stop viewing it like a readily available breath of air. I'm going to go the next two and a half months without it. It's going to be a challenge indeed, to be more creative, use a phone book (if I can find one) once in a while, and figure out road names and directions on maps to name a few things. My roommate Jordan has agreed to scan a written entry of my blog for the rest of the year and post it for me on here for anyone that would like to continue following along. This will be my last post and last time online for the rest of 2014. Goodbye interwebs.
How much time do you think you spend on the internet? How much productive? How much wasted? How much of that time would you rather spend outside? You've only got one shot at this thing and do you really want to spend it looking at a screen? What is that feeling you have when you stare at a computer screen for two hours straight? There sure is nothing natural about it. These are the questions I confronted myself with last November.
I don't think the internet is a bad thing, if anything it is absolutely wonderful. Limitless information and the ability to read and acquire knowledge in your own home that used to be only available in advanced college courses or the ability to be inspired by a video at the click of a finger. Nothing wrong with that. I want to take a step back though. I want to see the internet as a privilege and stop viewing it like a readily available breath of air. I'm going to go the next two and a half months without it. It's going to be a challenge indeed, to be more creative, use a phone book (if I can find one) once in a while, and figure out road names and directions on maps to name a few things. My roommate Jordan has agreed to scan a written entry of my blog for the rest of the year and post it for me on here for anyone that would like to continue following along. This will be my last post and last time online for the rest of 2014. Goodbye interwebs.