I got told off the other day.
A strange experience, seeming as I am normally the one doing the telling off! I was sat by the swimming pool watching my child have a swimming lesson whilst dealing with my emails, checking my twitter accounts and generally trying to stay on top of things. Suddenly there is a pool attendant in front of me, asking me to "put my phone away as no electronic devises are allowed on the pool side."
oops!
I felt 10 again and hurriedly popped my phone back in my bag.
But it did make me think about how much time I spend checking my phone, I forget its not always necessary. I am suddenly in a position when I am reliant on technology for a far greater proportion of my day than I consciously thought.
This week I attended a JCI event on NLP, run by Louise Ebray from Bridgewater Latitude,
We started looking at the disney method of different thinking spaces, and being forced to turn off my phone (well tuck it away in my bag!) caused me to stop and think.
What could I do with this space and time. 30 minutes to think and be more conscious of my subconcsious, think about my hope and dreams? think of future ideas? or just give myself 30 minutes off when I really can do nothing and just watch the swimming lessons in front of me!
A strange experience, seeming as I am normally the one doing the telling off! I was sat by the swimming pool watching my child have a swimming lesson whilst dealing with my emails, checking my twitter accounts and generally trying to stay on top of things. Suddenly there is a pool attendant in front of me, asking me to "put my phone away as no electronic devises are allowed on the pool side."
oops!
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| Image by Laura Hudson Mackay |
But it did make me think about how much time I spend checking my phone, I forget its not always necessary. I am suddenly in a position when I am reliant on technology for a far greater proportion of my day than I consciously thought.
This week I attended a JCI event on NLP, run by Louise Ebray from Bridgewater Latitude,
We started looking at the disney method of different thinking spaces, and being forced to turn off my phone (well tuck it away in my bag!) caused me to stop and think.
What could I do with this space and time. 30 minutes to think and be more conscious of my subconcsious, think about my hope and dreams? think of future ideas? or just give myself 30 minutes off when I really can do nothing and just watch the swimming lessons in front of me!