Every first Friday of March is National Day of Unplugging. Now amid this COVID-19 pandemic, it might seem counter-productive since more of us, who are able, are working remotely. I guess why this holiday starts on a Friday. All you do is unplug from all your electronics from sundown to sundown. Use this time away from the screens to read a book, create something, or do something else productive.
How would you spend your time offline?
Again, with the pandemic, unplugging from *everything* might not be a good idea. Staying in contact with family is certainly important as well as educating yourself to say healthy and safe. What you can try, and what I'm definitely going to do, is unplug from social media. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty overloaded with all the news and panic just from the past two days; I need a break.
-Liz
One thing I could/should do offline is work on the garden. Some of the flowers are coming up, but the beds need cleaning (we cover them in straw for the winter). Here's a crocus that's emerging:
The lady who used to live in my house had numerous flower beds around the yard. I didn't have the energy to keep up with it, so most of it is gone, but I still have a rose bush near my porch and some flowers that grow in the front.
My front lawn is trashed right now from all of the stones thrown up by the plows. It's six inches keep in some spots near the road. Awful. It's very surprising considering this winter was quite mild overall. I have no doubt, though, that when it's cleaned up the flowers will again poke through. 🙂
