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Trapped in the G Suite

I’m trapped in the G-Suite and I keep bumping around into walls and kitchen tables looking for an exit, like a Sim who’s glitching out.

I wake up and check my email. I know where I’m going and what I’m doing and when because Google calendar buzzes and tells me so. When I have a blank day in the G-cal, I look around aimlessly wondering what I should be doing.

When did this happen? College?? When did I put my brain on ice and assign someone else, a color-coded robot, to lead the charge?

Emily RoseSeptember 11, 2023digital detox, unplugged, how to be present Comments

Presence Takes Practice: How to Be Where You Actually Are

In 2015 I was in grad school, but I was not in grad school.

I was working on my Master’s degree and struggling significantly with being in the moment, with letting the “working on my degree” be enough.

The explanation that I was stressed because I was in grad school full time and working two part time jobs didn’t seem to really cut it. There was something lingering under the typical, predictable “student stress.”

Emily RoseMay 25, 2021presence, how to be present, how to be present when you are busy, how to be present when you are stressed, mindfulness