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2025-11-10 06:53:??
Monday Morning Before Work
I've been trying to be alone with my thoughts more recently. It's almost bizarre how working in silence for an hour makes the thought of music or an audiobook seem overstimulating, It feels right, though.
To want to converse with myself rather than let my superego be drowned out by appealing sounds or a fantasy story I've already heard, or obscure facts about a game I've never played and never will.
I still relapse, of course, a lifetime (albeit a short one) of unhealthy interaction with computers will do that, but I'm making quick progress.
I watched a video yesterday that suggested that it might be my growing understanding of computers rather than my self discipline that's lead to this change in the dynamic between me and them. That, in understanding how they function, I've turned them from devices into things, which lack the mystical allure of the former. Whatever the reason, it's good progress as far as I'm concerned. It feels good to be introspective and to have time to build skills people care about, like music and style and... birdwatching...