Ping

I've set up 25 new alarms on my phone. (I tried to find an app that would do what I wanted, and all of the options fall short.) Every 20 minutes, an alarm goes off, and I get a reminder to sit up straight, do a grounding exercise (count the colors I can see, name one thing I can sense with each of my senses, etc.), take stock of what I'm doing, and decide if that's really what I want to do with my time right now.

I have a tendency to get lost in things I don't really care about - scrolling Tumblr, playing a video game I've already played, getting nerd-sniped by an interesting question, scrolling Tumblr¹, etc. - and this helps bring me out of that fugue and keep me spending time on things I actually want to be doing.

(Sometimes "scrolling Tumblr" is actually what I want to be doing. But then I can make that decision.)

It's been five days, and so far I'm pretty pleased with the results. I feel more focused and connected, and my mood is better.

Today I'm grateful for having cool, clear weather to start July off, and for already being halfway through the year.

¹ Yep. Despite my best intentions, I do this a lot.