I know, right? I'd love to have this attention span back. I'm trying to re-cultivate it by embracing a form of digital minimalism and scouring my schedule for free moments to read, knit, and play the piano.
I know, right? I'd love to have this attention span back. I'm trying to re-cultivate it by embracing a form of digital minimalism and scouring my schedule for free moments to read, knit, and play the piano.
It's amazing how all three of those activities redirect your brain. Add word puzzles or pottering about in the garden or housework and you've got a rich and fulfilling mental life (teehee). Getting onto to Substack as a writing platform has broadened the brain cells in another direction too. Just anything physical, mental, or social away from the scrolling is beneficial.
So true! Knitting is great for me because I'm very pattern-oriented. I tend to think in patterns or sets. I've done it for so long that my hands know the rhythm of the stitches, and I can work on certain projects while doing other things. Sock knitting + reading = doubly productive!
I'm impressed. Knitting socks and reading??? Holy merde! I've gotten to the point where I can knit garter stitch without too many blunders while staring into space or watching a movie. Kudos!
I know, right? I'd love to have this attention span back. I'm trying to re-cultivate it by embracing a form of digital minimalism and scouring my schedule for free moments to read, knit, and play the piano.
It's amazing how all three of those activities redirect your brain. Add word puzzles or pottering about in the garden or housework and you've got a rich and fulfilling mental life (teehee). Getting onto to Substack as a writing platform has broadened the brain cells in another direction too. Just anything physical, mental, or social away from the scrolling is beneficial.
So true! Knitting is great for me because I'm very pattern-oriented. I tend to think in patterns or sets. I've done it for so long that my hands know the rhythm of the stitches, and I can work on certain projects while doing other things. Sock knitting + reading = doubly productive!
I'm impressed. Knitting socks and reading??? Holy merde! I've gotten to the point where I can knit garter stitch without too many blunders while staring into space or watching a movie. Kudos!
It's a process! But a basic sock is pretty much just knitting around and around for rows on end, so it's largely automatic after a while.
Until you get to the heel.
Oddly, I can pretty much do that without looking, too, lol. But I've knit a lot of socks.
Cabled things, now that's a different story...