A teensy bit of a hermit
I've become inordinately lazy.
I have my routines, I like a pot of tea (which does require brewing and hence a little effort) but generally after work I come home and perch in my favourite reading spot at the top of the stairs and read my book, with tea, for too many hours of an evening.
This has made me a teensy bit of a hermit. But you know what? I've kinda loved it. I can relax in my fave spot after what has been a pretty rough week. But am i really looking after myself?
And it has made me crazy lazy. It takes too much effort to go back downstairs and reboil the kettle, so I make a pot of tea so I don't have t make the journey twice. I read several books at once to keep my attention, like switching between TV shows I switch between books. I haven't been out on a run in weeks. The last time I went to the gym I hurt my knee and have been whinging about it ever since.
I have my phone on me TOO OFTEN and I am getting annoyed at myself about how much time i spend on social media mindlessly scrolling through rubbish. I actually watch Youtube more than TV because videos on there are shorter than TV shows, so I can watch more stuff I like and it just feels more inclusive and wonderful than TV. This is also because it is literally in the palm of my hand on my phone or tablet and I don't have to only sit in front of the TV to consume what I want to watch.
I have a set few meals I make myself for lunch at work. I am a bagel queen, a toasted bagel with a little bit of marmite, followed by a heap of fruit is all i need. For breakfast I eat porridge with grapes or blueberries or muesli, because that's all that keeps me full.
I write these posts before I start work or on my lunch break, on my phone and then save them to queue up later. I use photos that I have on my phone already rather than take a new one to match what I'm discussing, because I'M LAZY. And the world's worst blogger, but that's a post for another day.
We live in a world where everything is easy, everything is instantly accessible. My mother reminded me that when she used to work evenings when I was younger, she and her colleagues would sing songs at work and need to know who sang them but they had no resources to find out. (oh the days before the interwebs) So they would call my father, who was looking after me at home, and get him to look it up in our music bible (which I cannot actually remember the name of. It has a list of literally any artists you can think of and it lists their discography. Like wikipedia, but only about music, and in an enormous book).
My mother loves to print off AA route maps which drives me INSANE because we have satnavs and google maps these days. I worry for the trees with all this printing, but i guess if something drastic really did happen and all cell reception died we really would need a paper copy. How would we even survive without smartphones?
Oh man. Everything just got a little bleak and dull real quick. But... I am on the cusp of change pals. Maybe I'm settling into a routine that I can carry out for now because subconsciously I know I won't be able to for much longer so I'm trying to relish it?
More on that another day.
This post was to highlight just how lazy I really am. HOWEVER, i did actually write this post on my laptop, at the weekend on my day off while listening to the patter of rain against my roof window. With a pot of earl grey tea at my side.
And it was delightful. I shall leave my phone on the other side of the room from myself more often.
Tata for now folks,
I hope you're all more productive than me.
Rebecca
I have my routines, I like a pot of tea (which does require brewing and hence a little effort) but generally after work I come home and perch in my favourite reading spot at the top of the stairs and read my book, with tea, for too many hours of an evening.
This has made me a teensy bit of a hermit. But you know what? I've kinda loved it. I can relax in my fave spot after what has been a pretty rough week. But am i really looking after myself?
And it has made me crazy lazy. It takes too much effort to go back downstairs and reboil the kettle, so I make a pot of tea so I don't have t make the journey twice. I read several books at once to keep my attention, like switching between TV shows I switch between books. I haven't been out on a run in weeks. The last time I went to the gym I hurt my knee and have been whinging about it ever since.
I have my phone on me TOO OFTEN and I am getting annoyed at myself about how much time i spend on social media mindlessly scrolling through rubbish. I actually watch Youtube more than TV because videos on there are shorter than TV shows, so I can watch more stuff I like and it just feels more inclusive and wonderful than TV. This is also because it is literally in the palm of my hand on my phone or tablet and I don't have to only sit in front of the TV to consume what I want to watch.
I have a set few meals I make myself for lunch at work. I am a bagel queen, a toasted bagel with a little bit of marmite, followed by a heap of fruit is all i need. For breakfast I eat porridge with grapes or blueberries or muesli, because that's all that keeps me full.
I write these posts before I start work or on my lunch break, on my phone and then save them to queue up later. I use photos that I have on my phone already rather than take a new one to match what I'm discussing, because I'M LAZY. And the world's worst blogger, but that's a post for another day.
We live in a world where everything is easy, everything is instantly accessible. My mother reminded me that when she used to work evenings when I was younger, she and her colleagues would sing songs at work and need to know who sang them but they had no resources to find out. (oh the days before the interwebs) So they would call my father, who was looking after me at home, and get him to look it up in our music bible (which I cannot actually remember the name of. It has a list of literally any artists you can think of and it lists their discography. Like wikipedia, but only about music, and in an enormous book).
My mother loves to print off AA route maps which drives me INSANE because we have satnavs and google maps these days. I worry for the trees with all this printing, but i guess if something drastic really did happen and all cell reception died we really would need a paper copy. How would we even survive without smartphones?
Oh man. Everything just got a little bleak and dull real quick. But... I am on the cusp of change pals. Maybe I'm settling into a routine that I can carry out for now because subconsciously I know I won't be able to for much longer so I'm trying to relish it?
More on that another day.
This post was to highlight just how lazy I really am. HOWEVER, i did actually write this post on my laptop, at the weekend on my day off while listening to the patter of rain against my roof window. With a pot of earl grey tea at my side.
And it was delightful. I shall leave my phone on the other side of the room from myself more often.
Tata for now folks,
I hope you're all more productive than me.
Rebecca
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