Today is the last day of my official Thoreau Challenge. At midnight I can officially go back to using any means of communication and entertainment if I wish. I think i have fared well. My trip to South Carolina was a huge success for those who care to know! And without technology for the most part.
I feel that my predictions for this week largely came true. I spent a lot of my time reading and meditating. I read the fifth Harry Potter book during the break, haha. Also, I had an unusually large amount of homework to do so I'm not sure how much else I would have been doing this week anyways. Regardless, I have come away with a greater sense of the present moment. I am seriously considering canceling my Facebook account. I've also realized that I spend way too much time on StumbleUpon, for it's search categories are far too vague to keep me intrigued. Websites like TED however, will always keep my attention as long as they are available.
This week gave me a chance to do a little pruning and organizing of my time spent during the day. If nothing else, I have realized what I really find to be worth my time and what has merely been keeping me busy. Furthormore, I have realized that we don't always need to be making progress with ourselves. At some points during this week I simply had nothing to do, and reading for hours was my only option. This has helped me realize that the present moment needs to be experienced rather than utilized. While it may be a stretch, I could say that I have developed a better sense of self because of this. While I didn't actually really change that much of my daily life, I did pay attention to it more and have come to understand why I do what I do. I'm interested to see what's been going on in the whole wide world while I was away!
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