ADD

It has been a terribly long time since I've sat down at a cafe to read (and even longer time since I've blogged!). After spending a couple hours sitting here at the cafe reading, I've finally calmed my restless mind.... It's kind of nice not multitasking :)

This makes me ask myself, must I always talk on the phone while taking a walk? Do I have to be catching up on my TV shows while washing the dishes? Am I chatting it up with three friends at one time on gchat again? Yup, it has become increasingly hard for the world to entertain itself and to keep itself entertained. We as an audience are becoming harder to keep captivated.

Our generation is an anxious and a bored generation, isnt't it? We want options and many options. Sometimes we grow nervous when we're required to make choices and then don't know how. We calculate opportunity lost when we do only one thing at a time verses the value gained. We are an incredible generation that have produced spectacular things but have also forgotten to persevere through the mundane in order to experience the reward of the entire experience, the experience of a good book, a great conversation. The skill of sifting through the monotony to recognize the luster in a single activity has been lost. Maybe the combination of working in advertising, gaming and living in the entertainment capitol of the world is skewing my perspective. But, I have a feeling this notion isn't something that's unique to me.

Everybody subscribes to their own form of entertainment and though our forms of entertainment may differ, I think we can say that humanity draws pleasure from one another and the things we've created to communicate to one another. In this way, entertainment is one of those things that allows us to connect to one another. Entertainment is in no doubt important. And this month, I want to consciously reacquaint myself to enjoying one thing COMPLETELY at a time. I want to be less restless and sit and enjoy my meal to enjoy it and not while reading. And I'm going to read and sit tight for longer than 30 minutes without running to my to-do list for the weekend. I want to engage in conversations with a friend, my lover, my family just to converse and connect. I'm going to see if I can find the quality in the activities I'm engaged in again and appreciate it, giving it my full attention.

Hopefully, this will teach me to be more perceptive, attentive and less anxious. We'll see how it goes. :)