Cucumbers.
I have consumed three whole cucumbers in the past 24 hours
...life's crazy huh?
In the past four days I have watched all of seasons 5,6, and most of 7 of Gilmore Girls, put at least 400 miles on my car, charged my phone twice, settled into a new home, explored youtube, rearranged the living room, bought a new throw pillow, realized my slight irrational fear of ceiling fans, sent out requests for grad schools along the east coast, learned about earthquakes-volcanoes-and other sever storms, decided living in a cave is about the only option to avoid any natural disaster, questioned the validity of weathermen, taken three showers, worn my hair curly for three days, played with a boxer I loved and another dog I didn't, started a new book, watched my toast fly through the air, baked a cake, watched my great uncle experience another birthday with his only grandson, had an amazing conversation with an old friend as well as an amazing conversation with a new acquaintance, memorized lines, seriously thought about purchasing a fish, sang in the car-really loud, finished a lesson plan, finished putting clothes away, finished reading for the day, finished my cucumbers, and am now sitting silently in my newly arranged room wondering if I should finish season seven of gilmore girls.
You know, I wish it were possible to have a brain like an elephant. I love elephants.
Within the past four days, I've accomplished and gone about your everyday business...which actually, considering I honestly haven't really done anything in the past four days besides eat an entire garden while watching the best show in the world, is not saying a lot. However, when broken down into hours, minutes, seconds, we do TONS. Yes, I said it-tons. Like an elephant.
In middle school, there was this phase I went through-a lot of us did-where we would try to document every single little thing that we did.
"8:46-asked a question. 8:48-went to the restroom. 8:49-left the classroom. 8:52-arrived at restroom..."
For days we tried this.
Everyday...we failed.
It was impossible! To focus on one task and try to record what it is you were doing...it's crazy. Interesting, but crazy.
However, I still sometimes wonder what my life would look like if I documented everything-even my thoughts.
I wonder how often I think about going to the bathroom? How often I think about Gilmore Girls? How often I crave cucumbers? How often I think about the goodliness of others...How often I give myself to others rather than myself?
There are so many things that we do in a day-in two days-in three days-in four days-So many things that I don't even want to begin to try and document them all, but I wonder...maybe it's just me...but I wonder what our lives would look like if we did document every moment and calculate it out into columns of what exactly our minds and lives focus on during certain period of time.
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2 comments:
1. gilmore girls is fantastic.
2. I went through that phase(ish) too, my journal from those years... oh dear.
3. I like the way you think about things.
hate to break it to you but being in a cave during an earthquake would not be safe at all. or a volcanic eruption for that matter.
gilmore girls? really?
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