I've been here for three weeks now, and sure, sometimes I escape from my immediate reality. I create distractions, curious to watch in what form these escapes come.
- walking in the woods - body occupied, movement as meditation, mind blank or thinking of deep past
- talking with distant friends - body irrelevant, mind in another place completely
- reading - body at rest, education, constant relations to reality
- watching movies - body at rest, lying in bed or on floor, education, entertainment, total escape
- oversleeping - body inert, avoiding consciousness
- visiting supermarkets - body anonymous, fantasies of future scenarios, other realities (house, cooking, friends)
- answering emails / other work - body irrelevant, feeling of productivity, pathways to the future
- drinking alcohol - body activated, mind optimistic, perception of time altered
- making up stories - body irrelevant, tuning out surrounding sound, deep and playful observation of physical reality