February 2020
Good morning, afternoon, or evening to you! I hope that your day is treating you well so far.
I had to skip Church this morning for a work obligation, so I have a quiet house to myself. I am using the time to enjoy my French press coffee and write. So here we are!
Happy first day of March. I am excited for Spring but know that March may still have some Winter to dish out. Only time will tell.
In the meantime I used my Leap Day to build another shelf of sorts. More like a tall cart. Four-and-a-half feet tall, five shelves, and on wheels. We are going to use it to help with starting the seeds for our vegetable garden.
Looking back at February is mostly a blur. Too much work. Maybe not too much, but enough that I feel like I need to tap-out. I need a break. First time in a while I have felt this run down.
In February, those breaks consisted of working with my hands and hiking with Mozzie. These two outlets have been a nice and needed reprieve from slaving away in front of a computer. I think that is also why I have started writing everything longhand first, then typing and publishing.
Doing the writing thing this way goes against the part of me that is always seeking the most efficient way to do something. But I think that it is ok to go slow some of the time, or maybe even more of the time.
By slowing down we can increase quality. So what if quantity isn’t there! At least the one thing is the best thing since it was the only thing.
I am still figuring out the best way to live a full, purposeful, intentional life with technology by my side as a tool, not as the focus. Technology is always new and shiny, but the important part is how we use it to make our live better. This is different for everyone, but I think that one constant should be that technology is viewed and used as a tool for life, not as a distraction from life.
I’ll be thinking about this more during March, especially since I enter my thirty-fourth year on this earth on the eleventh. That day, or around then, is almost like the time around the new year. I become very introspective, more so than usual, and take a critical look at my life: where am I, where did I want to be, did I get there, what is my new path, what steps can I take to get there? And so on...
I am also looking forward to a new month to hopefully blog more often. Way back when I first started blogging, in 2005, I essentially published my reflections on Scripture. This thought came back into my mind a few weeks ago and I’m considering doing something like that again.
Anyways. I hope something here made you laugh, smile, or think. I want this to be a low-key easy email for you to read, but hopefully you still get something useful from my ramblings.
I hope you have a great month ahead.
Cheers,
~ Aaron
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