Unplugging and the power of wishes

This weekend I took some time out to unplug. From Friday night to Sunday night I did not switch on my laptop – it’s the longest I’ve done that for (when I have not been away from home) for months. And it was wonderful. I found myself getting more done, including some things I had been putting off for 6 months. I felt more relaxed. I felt time expanding – at 5pm the rest of the day stretched before me to do whatever I wish, rather than thinking ‘Oh God, is it that time already? I haven’t done anything I wanted to do today because I’ve been pissing about on the computer!’

Did I miss anything? Possibly…but I doubt it. I’m certain I didn’t miss anything earth shattering, and I definitely didn’t miss the ability of the internet and my laptop to leech away hours of my time!

I also found that I felt more creative – ideas had the time and space to come to me, and they came in abundance. It was a creative explosion! it took me about 2 hours to write up onto the computer all the ideas I had over the weekend! If I’d spent 2 hours with the computer switched on, probably 60% of that time would be ‘uncreative’ time.

Isn’t it curious that on Wednesday I said I needed to set limits on my internet time? On Thursday and Friday a little voice said ‘stop’ when I was obsessively checking twitter and by Saturday I had switched off for nearly 48 hours. Jamie Ridler suggests that casting wishes is powerful and magical…and this is certainly my experience this year. When you get clear on your wishes, you have planted a seed which can then grow in the background while you are getting on with your life. That’s what happened with last week’s wish!

Love

Donna.x