My computer's been on vacation for a while. That's given me quite some time to think about really random things. I've also spent that time cleaning and baking (work loves me right now).
The past two years around this time I've been on my way to Florida to visit a friend. This year I'm breaking that pattern and am not going. Funds are short and there's too much going on around here lately. While walking out the door, or from the car to the office in the mornings, I've noticed something... it feels like Florida mornings around here lately. With the forcasted snow it will feel different tomorrow but the past few days it's been lovely. It struck me, that I've been leaving the state for a feeling, when I only had to notice it around here. Granted, it isn't often that Colorado feels like Florida unless it's the middle of summer and Florida is dry. I've felt mildly disconnected from myself, my past, things I used to do to welcome the seasons, and the Universe plops this observation in my lap for me to ponder. Is it really so much where we are or is it more who we are with? Granted, people with SAD have issues in places that lack much sun, but in general do people matter more than environment?
I am not saying that environment doesn't matter but is it as important? I suppose this quickly turns into a person by person basis scenario.
“Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.”
- W. Clement StoneI haven't seen much of my friends lately, it's been a time for reflecting and renewing I suppose. I am at that point now however where I'm itching to go and do something with friends. Walk, have a deep conversation, have a rather light conversation, sit and watch a movie, etc.
Amazing what happens when you remove the a distraction from your life. :) Been watching a lot less TV of late and (not so) amazingly, been more productive at home!
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