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May 28 2009

It’s amazing the further you get from a lot of the internet the more you realize how great the real world is.  juliaallison: What I Did on My Three Day Vacation I swam and read and hiked and sat in the sun and watched bad movies after dinner and called my mom for marathon phone conversations and slept at least 9 hours each night and went out to eat every evening and savored (small portions of) incredible desserts and still lost four pounds! What I Didn’t Do Open my laptop for 72 hours Go on the internetBlogTwitterWear makeupTake any photographs of myself In other words: it was perfect. I don’t know why I waited so long to do this.  Just having that uninterrupted time to focus on relaxation and health and sleep was worth far more than a dozen multi-tasking trips/”vacations” or afternoons/Sundays off or whatever. I came back rested, feeling better about my body and my health than I have in a long, long time. The other conculsion I came to?  I need a lot more time off this whole internet thing. Not sure how this will play out, but let’s just put it this way: I can say with assurance that the relaxation and balance I experienced over this trip wouldn’t have been possible had I been checking my email. (I’m very proud of the heart I drew in the photo above.)

It’s amazing the further you get from a lot of the internet the more you realize how great the real world is. 

juliaallison:

What I Did on My Three Day Vacation

I swam and read and hiked and sat in the sun and watched bad movies after dinner and called my mom for marathon phone conversations and slept at least 9 hours each night and went out to eat every evening and savored (small portions of) incredible desserts and still lost four pounds!

What I Didn’t Do

Open my laptop for 72 hours
Go on the internet
Blog
Twitter
Wear makeup
Take any photographs of myself

In other words: it was perfect.

I don’t know why I waited so long to do this.  Just having that uninterrupted time to focus on relaxation and health and sleep was worth far more than a dozen multi-tasking trips/”vacations” or afternoons/Sundays off or whatever.

I came back rested, feeling better about my body and my health than I have in a long, long time.

The other conculsion I came to?  I need a lot more time off this whole internet thing.

Not sure how this will play out, but let’s just put it this way: I can say with assurance that the relaxation and balance I experienced over this trip wouldn’t have been possible had I been checking my email.

(I’m very proud of the heart I drew in the photo above.)

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    It’s a very pretty heart. Now… A year ago, this would have been a really good conclusion to come to - lots of
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    further you get from...more you realize how great the real world is. juliaallison:
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    felt about Cyprus —...go back and forth between wanting an
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