I go through phases where I can't stop reading, watching, writing, photographing, updating, listening, consuming.
And then, like a gluttonous child who's eaten too much cake at her birthday party, I just curl up in bed and want to ignore it all. The constant stream is often too much to keep up with. Sometimes I need a break. And not a 10 minute meditation at the end of the day. I mean a few weeks where I just sort of zone out.
I'm not saying that I don't spend the better portion of most days on the internet, but I will say that sometimes I just stop listening to NPR in the morning, don't listen to much music, I quit following the news, won't call my family, and completely forget about pop culture.
My brain just overloads and then shuts down. And then I inevitably pick up where I left off and keep going. But, I wonder what other people's tolerances are. Does anyone else ever spend an entire day staring at the screen and only crossing two things off the to-do list? Does anyone else get home from a mentally exhausting day and have dinner in bed-- that dinner consisting of red wine and cookies, but still, does anyone else do that? Am I alone here? Can I get an amen? Anyone? Are there any horse socks? Is anyone listening to me.
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