A Drifter Among Us

I sent my last tweet out Monday morning  at 7:24 a.m. and immediately felt anxiety over how I was going to make it through the week with no fb,twitter, or text messaging. I was bombarded with an array of thoughts such as: "Will anyone even text me?" "How will I know what's going on?" "How will I spend my downtime?" "Am I going to get sick of being productive?"

I spent the first few hours picking up and then putting down my phone as if I had some "phantom" message awaiting me. I could tell the habit was going to die hard.
**Monday: Read 3 chapters of a book, watched Cardinals game, didn't interact with anyone outside of work.
**Tuesday: Created a Budget, Read, Had family over for dinner where we discussed a variety of topics including social media's impact on family relations, problems with one another, frustrations, jobs, trips, further schooling, and caring for one another.
**Wednesday: Listed and sold household items on Craigslist. Read.
**Thursday: Did proofreading for the Journey, Worked on invitations for Mom's party, Called an old friend, Emailed from my computer Kristen while she is in Europe.
**Friday: Dinner with my parents, Made mojito's from home, watched "A River Runs Through It"
**Saturday: Read on the back deck, Went to my cousins graduation party, bookshopping at a Goodwill, home for the evening
**Sunday: Church in the morning, finished up a book and got a nice lobster tan, Afternoon drink with Josh, Self-analyzation in the evening.

I feel refreshed after a time of quieting all the noise in my life. To be honest I didn't miss what I gave up too terribly much. It took a little adjusting at first to stop picking up my phone and point the curser to my twitter app, but in the end I hardly touched my phone unless it rang or I called a friend. I've given thought to downgrading my phone plan. There is something troublesome to me that I'm so easily accessible to people. I guess that goes both ways.

I highly recommend others taking a week off and trying this. Some of you need it.