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October 20 & 21, 2023
Oct. 21st, 2023 12:12 pm20 – Information Overload Day: We've all likely suffered from this at some point in time, if not almost daily. What do you do to limit the flow of information coming to you? Do you put your phone on "Do Not Disturb"? Log out of your email client? Avoid social media? Read a book or go for a walk instead of watching the news?
I have my phone on "Do Not Disturb" from 9:00PM-5:00AM and I usually do not look at email after 7:00PM. Sadly, if there is not a big blue wave in our 2024 elections, I may have to give up Twitter (X,) most social media and news sites. Every day just seems to be a reminder that a good many people in the US think intelligence and progressive thinking are bad things and caring about your fellow humans, no matter their sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation makes you weak.
21 – International Walk to School Month: Did you walk to school as a child? Are parents today too over-protective to let their children walk to school?
No and honestly no. Most of the schools I went to as a child were too far away from home, but for a short while, I went to a school that was .5 miles away. I begged to be allowed to walk home, but on the second day was accosted and frightened by two men in a car, so never tried again. I was in 4th grade.
I have my phone on "Do Not Disturb" from 9:00PM-5:00AM and I usually do not look at email after 7:00PM. Sadly, if there is not a big blue wave in our 2024 elections, I may have to give up Twitter (X,) most social media and news sites. Every day just seems to be a reminder that a good many people in the US think intelligence and progressive thinking are bad things and caring about your fellow humans, no matter their sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation makes you weak.
21 – International Walk to School Month: Did you walk to school as a child? Are parents today too over-protective to let their children walk to school?
No and honestly no. Most of the schools I went to as a child were too far away from home, but for a short while, I went to a school that was .5 miles away. I begged to be allowed to walk home, but on the second day was accosted and frightened by two men in a car, so never tried again. I was in 4th grade.
