Recently I have been spending a slew of time on my laptop while sitting on the couch and watching tv. I am quite the multi-tasker when it comes to knowing whats on tv and typing at the same time. However, I have to say that I tend not to pay attention to anything else then. So today, this blog is going to be fairly short as I am going to be turning off the computer ans spending more time with my family...in other words, my husband and our 2 dogs.
I thrive knowledge and learning and I tend to use the Internet for just that...knowledge and learning. You ask me a question and if I don't know it I look it up until I know so much about it that it's annoying. However, it affects my communication with others. Today I recognize how important it is to shut down the computer sometimes and spend time with family. Life is too short to spend it on the computer and not "being" with others.
So that's it. Shut down your computer right now. Go sit with that important person in your life. Put your hand in theirs or your arm around them. Look them in the eyes and just be there with them. I know for me I'd hate to remember more about my laptop than my husband and family. It's time to take a break from it today.
Usually what happens to me is about when I decide it's time to get off the computer and sit down with my wife and no dogs, she gets a phone call, so I sit there for 45 minutes while she talks on the phone. And that is actually what is happening right at this very moment. 45 minutes ago, we were heading for the kitchen to start dinner, which is where we break out the beer and wine, and just talk as we prepare the meal together. At this moment, she is still on the second phone call, and we're closing in on an hour now.
ReplyDeleteBut we just can't let that prevent our time together in being. Once she hangs up, we'll try this again. And since it is now after 7 PM, and I’m getting a little bit hungry, and I'll bet she is too.
So we aren't about to give up on that together time. However, I won't shut off the computer. That is what standby is for. So right now, I am back on the computer. Oh, oh, she just hung up. Gotta go.