"Defragmenting works by taking small slivers of information stored in various locations and consolidating them so that they’re in the same place on the drive and thus easier to access in larger chunks.
Hard drive fragmentation is a great metaphor for - if not a literal manifestation of - what’s happened to our brains over years and years of processing small bursts of information."
- John Mayer
Recently, the artist John Mayer facilitated a one week "digital cleanse" in order to "defragment" his and his fans' mental and psychological hard drives. In his mind, the project was a smashing success. In his own words, "The cleanse was amazing. I'm back but I want to keep some of what I've gained. Fewer tweets, more links... longer phrases."
I floated this idea around for about a week to see if I could envision myself doing this sort of thing. And, like a sign from the heavens, my mobile phone puttered out and, in turn, I won't have fingertip access to texting, mobile internet, and Facebook / Twitter alerts for another week+. Additionally, due to my travel patterns, wireless internet is never as consistent a commodity as I would like.
Still, even if I have access to the web for the next seven days, I will still be making a deliberate effort to not sit on my laptop, Facebook, internet, blogspot, and YouTube every morning. There is quite literally nothing I enjoy more than waking in the early hours of the day, drinking several thousand cups of coffee, and hanging out with myself, my music, my thoughts, and the sunrise for several hours.
This next week will hopefully be made of less iPod and more guitar. Less caffeine and more sleep. Perhaps more reading and definitely more Bible. Less rambling, more processing and mental chewing. More conversation with God. I will leave my Facebook activated, but I will log out, and not log in for seven days. There will be zero computer usage except for one daily blog.
On that note, for the first time in my life, I would like to do less writing. Yes, less writing and more thinking. Hmm.. interesting, how priorities change.
That being said, in an effort to defragment my thoughts and find fluidity in my thinking process, blogging will also be somewhat different. Each post will consist of shorter, more concise blogs with concentrated meaning. Whether it be one sentence or two, it will be my attempt to explain how I feel without the fluff.
Sure it's an adventure, writing a four part, 1000+ word blog in order to chronicle an experience. And I enjoy spilling my thoughts. But this week is different.
Short. Concise. Simple.
More thinking.
Feel free to walk with me.
- Michael Stephen
By the by, you are also more than welcome to re-post this and participate as well. Take a step back, friends.
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