Laborious Activities

This week we are supposed to focus on labor... Not sure what I am gonna do for this one. I will have to get back to you on this one.

Catching up

One thing I am absolutely terrible at is keeping in touch with people who are not in my immediate surroundings. Needless to say, after being at Wake for this long and having so many friends graduate, this is not a great thing to be bad at. I don't know why, I guess I am just not one for picking up the phone and making calls to someone I haven't seen or talked to in months.

Instead of watching TV today, I got out my phone and made some calls to 5 guys that I haven't spoken to in ages. This is definitely something I am going to continue to do, because it was great to hear what everyone is doing and how different their lives are from one another now a days. Even more surprising was that a group of my buddies now lives about two houses down from my best friend from home and I didn't even know it.

Bowling can be a time suck

Alright, I know, usually bowling isn't one of the first activities people think of going to do. In all honesty, a month ago I definitely think some kind of judgment would be made if you told me you bowled as a hobby.

With this whole no TV thing, I have spent a little more time bowling and have to say that I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's been awhile since I've had to learn something new, and bowling has offered that opportunity. It isn't just about rolling the ball down the lane for me, it is more about mastering the form and getting the muscle memory aspect down. This is what I really enjoyed about playing sports in highschool, so its a nice flash from the past (even though bowling doesn't quite meet that level of competition or importance).

A Cleaner Version

So today was my first real day of doing away with the ole TV for the week. I decided the only way this is gonna happen is if I get myself out of the house and away from boredom.

Today's goal: Get everything cleaned up.

I spent the extra time following classes to finally give my room a real cleaning, catch up on the pile of laundry that has always seemed to be an uphill battle, and most importantly...my car got a little TLC.

The car looks great, smells great, and makes me feel great. After all the road trips I have taken, going to and from Baltimore this year, it had gotten pretty dirty in there.

First day was a success, got some stuff done that I've been wanting to do for awhile.

Life without TV

So... This week the assignment is to focus on "The Spaces in Between" and I wasn't exactly sure what I would do for this one. After giving it a little thought and convincing myself I could do it, I have decided to cut TV out of the equation for the week.

This is huge for me because my spaces in between are usually filled by turning on the TV to watch whatever is on SportsCenter or the newest movie that HBO has playing. I think this will be a pretty interesting experiment, because my initial guess is that I will have a significantly more time on my hands.