Remember the joy of being young, the joy of discovery?
Remember rushing outside and finding everything so utterly fascinating?
The pleasure of moving your body. The smell of the outdoors. Each conversation an adventure.
I’m beginning to forget.
I’ve been spending so much time with computers lately. First for class, now for work. I keep in touch with my scattered friends through the computer. I read news through the computer. My most important organs are now my brain for thinking and my hands for typing.
Our bodies deserve to be more than just vehicles to transport our brains from meeting to meeting.
I declare independence from:
- Being so social-movement focused.
- Obsessing over news.
- Viewing the internet as a consumer rather than producer.
- Google Reader
- Smartphone notifications
- Digitally-mediated interaction
Sure, I’ll still be online. But no longer will I spend a bulk of my time on google reader and facebook. No longer will I consume much more than I create.
That means more blogging. More writing. More going outside and walking. Less reading facebook (only check it once a day!), less reading Google Reader (I’m on a week-long hiatus!), less politics. The left is interesting and all, but my dreams should be full of other topics as well. I have other interests! It’s time to activate them.
Time for each day to be an adventure again.