Quiet Time
I’ve always seen quiet time as alone time, but to be honest I rarely get it.
Quiet time is alone time. Yes? Yes.
It is so much more than that. Quiet time is defined as your time away from everything. We all can’t go to the mountains and hide in a cave. Nor can we walk away from kids for a few hours and let them survive alone. What I do instead is wake up at all hours in the morning to avoid people and myself.
Yourself?
That’s right I wake up at 3am to avoid myself.
Why?
Well, I’m an introvert and I have a hard time expressing myself. So, after every conversation I internally talk with myself about it trying to determine the context. Now this can go for a few minutes to an hour. Hell, I still think about conversations a month ago wishing I opened my mouth (Yes the past is the past but every moment is a learning experience). Now I get up at 3am no longer needing to mull over a 3 min conversation.
All that is nice but there is one other thing I’m avoiding. Making this:
Double Secret Quiet Time
That’s right, I call it Double Secret Quiet Time. Sometimes you just need things to get quieter.
I hate phone calls and notifications. No telemarketer has the ball to call me at 3am and if he does his berries will be gone the second I meet him.
At 3am you never have someone to call you or message you for God knows what. You remove the guilt of turning off your phone. It’s just you and whatever u need to do to be ready for work.