A brain experiment...
Jun. 29th, 2009 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
milktreeYesterday was a "quiet day" or maybe an "alone day" or ... I'm not sure what to call it.
I heard an article on NPR (I think) about a woman who spends one day a month not talking to anyone. No telephone, no face to face, no emails, etc. A day entirely in her own mind... more or less.
So yesterday I tried it. I didn't turn on the radio all day, I ignored the telephones when they rang, I didn't read or write any email.
The first thing I said out loud was about noon when I failed to cleanly sort out something messy that had fallen over (heavy thing on top of cardboard box that failed). I talked to the cat a little bit, but that's almost like talking to yourself. I tried not talking to myself out loud too, but that's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
I attempted to only read things that were necessary for what I was doing (mostly cleaning crap out of my office) and avoided reading magazines or books or the like. I only turned on the computer when I needed to make a note of something before throwing the paper version away.
Near the end of the day I gave in and turned on some music, and watched a couple episodes of the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes.
It sure felt like I got a lot done, and I'm going to try it again.
I heard an article on NPR (I think) about a woman who spends one day a month not talking to anyone. No telephone, no face to face, no emails, etc. A day entirely in her own mind... more or less.
So yesterday I tried it. I didn't turn on the radio all day, I ignored the telephones when they rang, I didn't read or write any email.
The first thing I said out loud was about noon when I failed to cleanly sort out something messy that had fallen over (heavy thing on top of cardboard box that failed). I talked to the cat a little bit, but that's almost like talking to yourself. I tried not talking to myself out loud too, but that's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
I attempted to only read things that were necessary for what I was doing (mostly cleaning crap out of my office) and avoided reading magazines or books or the like. I only turned on the computer when I needed to make a note of something before throwing the paper version away.
Near the end of the day I gave in and turned on some music, and watched a couple episodes of the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes.
It sure felt like I got a lot done, and I'm going to try it again.
