I fear that I am just supplanting one vice with another. Yes, I am not wasting time on my smartphone anymore. But I am still mostly sitting around and not doing much on my off-time. I'm reading like a demon and consuming books like food. Yet this has led to even more sitting around, since reading is largely a passive experience that does not engage the body.
So I feel entirely more lazy and prone to sitting around. Because of the sudden shift of weather back towards freezing, I have even stopped biking to and from work as I had been most of the winter!
My mind is entirely more active, but my body is not. If I didn't work a job that did not allow me to sit, I would be in real trouble. Nonetheless, my butt is sore, and i have developed a cramped muscle in my knee. Even though reading is more mentally stimulating than TV, it also encourages a lot of stillness and a lack of movement. I also find my mind is always going on in the background right now, churning and processing thoughts of all sorts. Maybe I'm too used to the numbing effects of TV and the dulling effect it has on the mind. Usually, we view this as a bad thing and it certainly is. But as with anything, a bit in moderation can be good. In the modern world where information is screaming at us, a bit of numbing can be a good thing, and can slow your mind down just enough. It can be a form of cheap and simple meditation that wipes the troubles away.
A bit ludicrous, I agree. But I told you my mind was really churning these days.
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