Sometimes you just need to pack a bag, hop in your car and drive. This past weekend, I disconnected from email, phone, texting and social media, and drove five hours into Ponderosa pine country in Northern Arizona. Chatting over a steaming dark roast with a photographer and the lodge’s reservationist aka bartender aka waitress aka housekeeper, warming my city toes by the crackling fire [read: genuine log], reading and napping (a lot), fueled my urgent need to escape my commitments, reconnect and breathe in each (higher-altitude) moment as it transpired—unplanned, unhurried. And afterward, as I repacked to return to reality, in between my rolled up sweaters and scarves and unsuitable footwear to hike in the remnant patches of winter mud and snow, I tucked a travel-sized wedge of the peace I discovered and the lessons I learned in a little log cabin in the woods. Now I need to unpack and put these gems into practice.
What is a favorite way for you to disconnect to reconnect?
[Image credit Jeroen van Oostrom and freedigitalphotos.net]
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Mar 17, 2015 @ 09:29:31
Putting my phone on Do Not Disturb (except for my favorites) and then laying under the covers…earbuds filled with meditation…in and out of sleep and comfort for hours
Mar 23, 2015 @ 02:36:28
Perfect. The distraction of my cell phone (and social media) has been a real time-sucker that I need to give myself permission to step away from for specified periods. Thanks for sharing!