This morning began like most others. I hit snooze 5 or 6 times. I just can't seem to wake up early enough for anything productive prior to going to work. One of the first things I did --apparently out of habit-- was rollover, pick up my phone and check if anyone had voiced interest on Facebook about the detox. No one did... and I broke a rule already about social media. And that was just the beginning.
The work-day was unusually busy with 6 surgeries in all, 3 of which I was not previously scheduled for, so I ended up juggling two ORs and two surgeons, finally getting home tonight around 7:00 pm to a simple but delicious and hot dinner made by my one and only. No other physical activity today unless 9 hours of operating counts.
I also has sugar. I didn't even think about it. I had to grab a quick bite to eat between cases today and picked up a piece of sour dough toast from the cafeteria with raspberry jam. Not until hours later did I realize that I was on my way to completely failing at this consumerism detox. Did I bite off more than I can chew?
Side note: I was talking to a friend of mine about this detox because I talk to him about almost every half-baked scheme and flash-in-the-pan idea I come up with, and he wisely noted that I needed to add something about having some intentional interaction with community like 1 meal per day with the family or something. More about this later, but I did have dinner with my family (minus one kid who is at soccer practice).
Check back tomorrow to see if I can go 24 hours without checking any sort of social media.
And I think I'll start taking a picture of something I encounter during my daily routine to accompany the next 29 posts.
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~Zach
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