I came across this quote today:
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Annie Lamott
It’s so true.
But ironically I read this on my phone scrolling through my Facebook feed.
I noticed how low the battery was and realised I’d been scrolling longer than I had thought.
It was like a smack in the face.
PUT IT DOWN.
So I did and I went outside and took a few deep breaths.
I stopped to look at our veggie patch, the yellow flowers on the cucumber plant, the intense colour of the red chillis.
I watched bees in the flowers on the basil and noticed the crop of green cherry tomatoes that will hopefully ripen soon.
I sat down for a while listening to the birds – and a birdsong I didn’t recognise – and noticed how still the trees were today.
It was just for ten minutes, but even in that time I felt better.
Away from constantly being plugged-in to a device.
Even more ironically perhaps, Lamott, the American author whose quote prompted this blog, recently drew the ire of Taylor Swift fans after she made a snarky comment about the pop star on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Why anyone still uses this platform is baffling to me – it really is a nasty place, but I bet Lamott has done a lot of unplugging since!
I also came across this quote from another author, Nitya Prakash:
“Anybody have plans to stare at their phone somewhere exciting this weekend?”
Now that really says it all doesn’t it?
Pull the plug.
Get outside.
Breathe.
Have a lovely weekend
Ann 🙏