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
Wowzers. I've actually never even heard of word wars before. I am an extremely competitive person, so I can see how motivating this would be. I want in!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting! It is extremely motivating. I love it, honestly. I'm glad I could introduce you to this awesome concept. We should word war sometime!
DeleteI've seen word wars happening before, and I've participated in one or two, but generally I find it doesn't really work for me -- for one, my writing time pretty much comes in splatters of 5 or so minutes between other tasks, so by the time I've found someone else, I'm not free any longer. I've tried Write or Die too, and it doesn't work because that red screen just makes my brain freeze up. Still, it seems like a really fun activity if it works for you, so go you!
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense! I often don't have a lot of time for them, either, so I totally understand that. When I do have time, they work very well for me. But if they don't work for you, I totally understand! You do you!
DeleteWord wars are so handy! My friends and I do ten minute sprints which are so helpful! My max is 547 in ten minutes. An hour is a bit long for me. :P But ten minute ones work awesomely. I found out about them from GTW. I'd never heard of them before that. XD
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They really are helpful! Yes, I've only done one sprint for an hour. I usually do better with shorter bursts of ten to fifteen minutes, like you. I forget where I first heard of word wars, but GTW was a great help in reminding me about them. I figured some people might not have heard of them, so I thought it might be a good idea to post about it in case it helps someone out there!
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