I went the past 4 days with no phone. No texting. No email on the go. No phone. No phone numbers because who memorizes those? No facebook on the go. No calendar. No apps (I don't really use these). No Words with Friends. No time.
And, I loved it.
It made me realize that it's rare now to find an analog clock. Slightly sad. Slightly disturbing. Slightly a recognition of how far society has come from sundials.
Note there were times I looked at the position of the sun while traveling.
I, also, realized that as I stood huddled like sardines amongst the masses in downtown ATL that 1 minute before 2012 I was me. 1 minute into 2012, I was me. And, there was no new me.
What I do find is that a new year brings a fresh start for me.
I get a hankering to clean, purge, regroup, and acknowledge the past year of growth, and envision another 366 days of learning.
My friends and I started a tradition of choosing 3 words we want to live and encompass during the year. I'm still ruminating on this. And, will continue because the focus is me and others not time.
I grew in my 3 words of breathe, during 2011. I find these a gray area of my life.
I accomplished my resolution of not texting while driving last year. A black/white area of life.
I do resolute to not eat while standing up this year. A black/white area of life. This habit developed as I have multitasked to squeeze every amount of output during my day at school. Breakfast and lunch have been cramped and now it's time to uncramp that habit and to savor the nourishment. How grossly Dr. Oz does that sound? Yuck. However, this habit has crossed over to real life where I have the uncanny ability to graze through the pantry and not realize it.
So, I'll continue to look at each day and think 'let's rock you.'
Moral of the Story: It's not time, but the 5 million choices we make during the day that help make me.
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