It’s 8 am. I have been up since 5:30. Instead of going for a walk around the track outside or cleaning, or heading to yoga, or doing my TAM, or I don’t know doing the 4 billion other things I could be doing… I am on my computer.
Im on my 2nd cup of coffee, Eunee wants to play, and I am researching stupid CSS code. Agh. (how do you change the font/color/style of one widget in your sidebar?)
Every morning, before Adam gets up, I spend a good hour or two reading blogs, people I follow (that sounds so stalkerish)
some of my favorites:
- The Budget Wanderers
- A Fat Girl’s Food Guide
- White Woman Wrestling Leopards
- Angela’s Adventure in Bangalore
- Bucket List Publications
- Journalist on the Run
- The Doodle House
- The Exotic American
- Woman on a Budget
- Bobo on the Run
- The Everyday Adventurer
I look at photographs people take, read about what happened overnight on Facebook (since it is day in America when I sleep, I miss a lot), play a little Zynga Bingo (you’d think I was 80) I go through Pinterest and create a new board or add to ones I already have going.
I hate to admit it, but I kind of love this time of the day when the house is quiet and I veg out and live vicariously through other people. I spend the time dreaming about what project to do next, which city to plan on visiting, what to make for dinner. Most of these ideas start as someone else’s but then I add in my own flair and go with it.
I think it is great to dream, as long as you are a doer and put them in to action.
But, I do believe the time I spend on the Internet must decrease!! And don’t even get me started on how must this smartphone dominates my life!!!
What do you spend the most time doing on the internet? Do you think it is a waste of time, or are you being productive? What are some of your favorite sites to surf?
Stay in the loop
Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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Right now I spend the most time online learning how to code Android Applications. It’s a slow process but I am enjoying it.
OMG, I can barely handle CSS. Thats awesome! Im very impressed
I feel your pain. I spend most of my time online blogging.
Wow, what a treat to wake up to your kind heads-up that you included my blog in your post today. Thanks so much. Can’t believe I hadn’t found yours until today… gonna go make some tea and lose myself in your adventures now! Cheers – Angela (Angela’s Adventures in Bangalore)
🙂 You are very welcome! We have really been enjoying reading yours so we wanted to share it with others as well. Hope you enjoy our adventures….we’ll be staying tuned in to your amazing India stories!
I am an addict too… It cannot be helped 🙁
Someday I need to find a new hobby!
I am thrilled that you posted me into your blog but also furious with you as I started reading woman on a budget and have now spent the last 4 hours doing my hair and giving myself newspaper nails instead of packing for my holiday!!! My nails are still too wet for me to do anything!!!!
Thats hysterical! Where are you heading on your trip! Enjoy!!! Im finally going to get off my rear end and go to yoga. Make yourself beautiful! (thats number one) You can pack in the am before you leave 🙂
Glad you’re enjoying the blog! Thanks for the mention – I’m excited to connect to more expats in interesting places.
I spend way more time on the internet living vicariously through others here in Tanzania than I ever have anywhere else. I think I’m deprived in my current situation both of intellectual conversation and silly fun, so I end up looking at a lot of development blogs but also fashion/dating/gossip sites (more of the former, though, ahem)!