note to self: go outside
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau credit My phone died recently. Not like died because of its charge — permanently died. I'm not the only one whom this has happened to, I'm sure, and this isn't a complaint. Rather, it's an observation on how different the landscape of my life has been without it. I've been reading more, watching more TV, doing less doomscrolling. I found that I've missed my phone a lot less and simultaneously a lot more than I expected. And I've been noticing a difference in my mental state. My mental health is, apparently, linked in part to the device I hold in my hand 99% of the time. Who knew? However, it's still been challenging lately, for more reasons than just my phone, and my sister invited me to go outside with her. Th
What wonderful choices; how precious that your father is on here :) It makes me feel all teary-eyed...but I do tend to be an emotional person ;D
ReplyDeleteAnd Corrie Ten Boom was such an amazing, inspiring person...she really is a hero :)
~Lauren :)
Wow! Mom told me that you wrote about me on your blog. Thank you, Skye, for including me. I think you know that I am not as great as you make me sound, but I still appreciate your thoughts very much! It is an honor to be your dad!
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PS: He told me He was honored by your words too.
Aww, what you said about your dad is so sweet!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Owl City took pictures (I feel like I should say Adam Young instead)!