Unplug

Think about the concept of detaching away from technology and being without the knowledge of what everyone else is doing. 

We’ve reached a bizarre world of oversharing. 

Imagine explaining to an outsider that there is a place where we go to look at pictures of what other people are eating for dinner and then watch a clip of their 3-year-old singing in the bath and this is how we mindlessly spend hidden moments in the day and night.

When we think of sharing it’s taught to be positive early on:

Encourage children to share. Let’s share feelings. Share a bite with mommy.
Now as adults we are presented with opportunities to show-and-tell pieces of ourselves.

But sometimes it feels like enough.

What would happen if you allowed one time a day to happen just with you? Alone. It’s tempting to reach for our phones when we have a second. But we should practice being alone inside our head sometimes. Disconnecting for a second in order to reconnect with ourselves. 

Someone once said once, “a quiet mind isn’t boredom, it’s serenity”—and we should be grateful for the stillness.