Amount of screen time: 0 minutes
Books behind in reading challenge: 4
Hello everyone! It’s been a bit since I’ve updated you on the challenge. I don’t have much to say this time, but I’ll give a general update.
Overall things are starting to feel more normal. I’ve gotten used to it somewhat. The weekends and evenings don’t seem impossibly long anymore, nor do I feel the need to listen or watch something before going to sleep. I’m still missing a few things here and there, but overall I’m finally starting to settle into this slower placed life. Because that’s what it feels like. Without using the internet and screens nearly as much as I was (mainly just for work and whatnot) life feels much slower and calmer.
My mood overall seems to have improved too, which I think has something to do with the comparison that I mentioned back on day 3. I’m not spending as much time seeing other people’s lives and spending much more time living my own.
I’ve been making time to read almost every single day. However, some of you might have noticed that my books-behind counter went up. This is because when I was calculating the number of books I was behind in the challenge I forgot to account for the books I would have needed to read in September if I was right on track. So, I’ve recalculated it and am ready to keep working on catching up. Though at the moment I’m not convinced it will happen this month. Maybe October will see that counter click down to 0.
I’m also enjoying blogging more, and for a moment I was mad at myself for not blogging more than every few days. I had originally had this idea that I would blog every single day. However, I stepped back and reminded myself that I hadn’t been blogging at all before Screen-less September and now I’m blogging at least a few times a week. A drastic improvement! Currently, it’s my hope to continue blogging come October. I’m excited to start also writing about some things other than this challenge as well, using the time I have to write these posts for other blog-related projects. I don’t want to commit myself to anything yet, but I don’t want to use this momentum so hopefully, something comes from it!
That’s where I’m going to leave it for today. The long story short: the changes are beginning to feel normal and I’m settling into this new lifestyle.
Thank you for all who have been following along the past few weeks. I really appreciate your support through this journey!
Until next time,
Acire
thankful to hear that you have entered a comfort zone.