I need to turn off and on again. An IRL retreat is out of the question so this is the DIY approach. Starting Saturday morning, four days, no social/news media, lots of lazy activities.

Expectation

Saturday

08:00 Gentle Yoga Flow
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Pack lunch, Walk to Beach, & read
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Guided Meditation
15:00 Listen to Rodriguez Cold Fact Album
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
19:00 Restorative Yoga Flow
20:00 Play with trains

Sunday

08:00 Gentle Yoga
08:45 Breakfast
09:30 Ride to canal and sail my RC boat
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Give Diana a massage
14:00 Facemasks & bath
16:00 Listen to Don Mclean
17:00 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
19:00 Boardgames with Diana

Monday

08:00 Gentle Yoga
08:45 Breakfast
09:30 Pack a lunch and go for a hike
12:00 Lunch
15:00 Listen to Regina Spektor
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
19:00 Restorative Yoga
20:00 Boardgames online with my Mum

Tuesday

08:00 Gentle Yoga
08:45 Breakfast
09:30 Walk to Experimental Farm and read
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Earth Journey Meditation for Deep Relaxation
15:00 Listen to Piano Man Album
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
19:00 Restorative Yoga

Reality

Saturday

08:00 Face Yoga
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Pack lunch, Ride to Beach, & read
12:00 Lunch
14:00 half of a Guided Meditation
15:00 Listen to Rodriguez Cold Fact Album
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Get a little high for yoga
19:00 Restorative Yoga Flow
20:00 Watched Sharknado 2

Sunday

09:15 Breakfast
10:30 Ride to canal, & sail my RC boat
12:00 Did some acro in the park
14:00 Got a little day drunk playing online board games with Diana, my brother, and sister in law
16:00 Listen to Don Mclean
17:00 Had an afternoon nap
19:00 BBQ dinner
21:00 Watched Onward

Monday

09:15 Breakfast
09:30 Pack a lunch and go for a hike
12:00 Lunch
15:00 Listen to Regina Spektor
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
20:00 Boardgames online with my Mum

Tuesday

08:00 Face Yoga
08:45 Breakfast
09:30 Rode to Experimental Farm and read
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Earth Journey Meditation for Deep Relaxation
16:30 Play my ukulele
18:00 Afternoon walk
19:00 Online Thai massage session with Diana

Even though I didn’t follow my schedule my big take away was that I need to distance myself from recommended content and infinite scrolling.