“Another form of luxury is to be unavailable. To turn your back on the daily din is a privilege. Letting others take over tasks in your absence. The decision not to reply to text messages or pick up when the phone rings. Expectations from colleagues, business connections and family that are not that important to you are handed over to someone else, or ignored altogether. You have fought your way into a position where you couldn’t care less if someone wants to contact you.”
– Erling Kagge, Silence
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“Steal Time, Every Day”
– Hugh MacLeod, Evil Plans
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I wish I could disconnect from the grid of other’s demands.
There is a great body of literature to feed our flights of fantasy and provide imagined adventure.
Many others have trekked, traveled and challenged themselves up, down, and around the world.
But once our eyes refocus on the life in front of us it can be disheartening and overwhelming to plan our own grand adventure.
But there are options.
Small acts of defiance and independence.
A five minute daydream.
A short walk along a new route.
A workout.
A blog post.
Whatever it is that we can snatch time for can become a small daily adventure.
Perhaps these can build up momentum and become something bigger.
I have been a modest adventurer, taking a small step in the right direction.
I have taken this time to write as a detachment from the trivial.
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