Sometimes having a smartphone actually bothers me. You must be thinking, "did I read that correctly?" Yep, yes you did. It bugs me. Carrying a personal tablet 24/7 weighing around 6.9oz, all day, every day. I think technology is SUPER cool. We live in a technical world, and we live in a world where a quarter of us are making money from the internet - I'm by no means docking these nifty devices. But what irks me is the pain in my wrist that is caused from overuse of endless scrolling, the lack of patience in others and myself, the half true news that fills our daily digest, and the pain-staking pressure of social media anxiety. I tell myself to break away but it's the only "source" that's easy to access nowadays. (Ugh, yep, you fucking millennial). We used to rely on word of mouth, the paper boy, cable television, and later for the modem to dial in before we could get any information. The sense of anxiety is high to text your friend back quickly before they think you're upset, or your mom who might think you ended up falling off a cliff somewhere. Patience has flown out the window, attention to detail is declining (12 seconds average), and motivation, well, let's not even start there. I keep telling myself a little something I recently learned about creativity "let yourself be bored." Technology makes it SO easy to be consumed for countless hours, wasting the day away. Did you know being bored can implement creativity? Take away the smart phone, give yourself a coloured pen or pencil with some paper, try on those old hiking boots, turn on your recorder and belt out some tunes, hell, just get outside without looking at your device! (Preaching to myself here, too). Give yourself one hour to get bored, and get crafty. Don't think, just start doing. We are a fucking creative species. Don't let your special talents go to waste. ✨🕒 Food for thought: Once upon a time a computer was a far-fetched idea. With some boredom, creativity and resources, look where the hell we are now?! (Bet you read this on your approximately 5.5in screen, didn't ya?). What's your niche? What gets your creative flow going? 🎨🧠 ~~~~~ #wordsofwildroots (at Southwest, Denver) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwFElzF4dM/?igshid=n5ytpwa01x64
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