Slow It Down

I have been on the computer for five to six hours a day for the past two weeks doing a repetitive action that was slightly changed each time. When I couldn’t sleep for the last two nights I took a closer look at what was happening…and then I did a little research about it. It seems that repetitive actions produce neurochemical and molecular changes in neurons creating new pathways. During the night my brain was simulating those same actions. I felt fatigued, yet wired – an interesting word – because I felt electronically wired to the computer.

So here is my remedy – the antidote for overstimulation from electronic devices: Slow it down! I went swimming using a more relaxed pace, ate dinner slowly and quietly, turned off the tv, lit a fire and watched it while sipping a half glass of wine. No electronic devices four hours before bed. I didn’t take a pill to MAKE me sleep. I changed my environment to LET me sleep. By breaking my obsession with repetitive actions, I was able to quiet stimulation to the brain.

Remember this when you have passed your tipping point, when you think that you are having a relationship with the computer and start to treat it like a friend (which it is NOT), when you need to do just one more thing before shutting it down – walk away and engage your other senses, move slowly so that you are the master of your environment and not at the mercy of the computer and its stimulating light and quick pace. Watch birds or the steam coming from the humidifier, listen to classical music or chop vegetables, put an essential oil in a diffuser to softly engage your sense of smell.  Then tune in to how you feel.

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