There seems to be a whole cod-science out there these days. We are constantly being told to be ‘authentic’, or ‘mindful’, or ‘in the moment’. Influencers tell us to ‘live our best lives’ then to splatter it all over social media. Me – I’d rather quietly tuck myself away in the workshop/study, tinker with clocks, and write. But maybe that’s not so far off what is ‘on trend’.
Congratulations if you have found this post. Maybe you’ll give me a shout-out or an uptick to let me know you’ve made it. Or you will re-post it, or share it, or whatever else the social mediasphere recommends to keep those algorithms happy.
I do sometimes feel very left behind in a world where telling everyone about your every move is the norm – how sad or happy you are, what you’ve just eaten, or even that burglar’s dream when you announce you are away from home for the weekend. (Why not tell them the front door key is under the plant pot too?).
Something to say?
I shun social media, although I suppose writing this blog is akin to participating. I don’t expect others to be in the least bit interested in my thoughts and deeds, unless I actually have something interesting to say.
It was strangely reassuring to find that many of the podcasters touting their wares on Podbean have followers in single figures. Even the ones who might class as celebrities often numbered followers only just in the hundreds or low thousands. So I feel better about the limited readership of this blog, tucked away as it is at the back of a niche website about clocks and time.
It is a long time since I have posted anything here. Perhaps life itself overtook me, and that’s no bad thing. But with time on my hands, and clock parts in my hands, I am ready to start again, living my ‘best life’, mindful of the need to keep busy, and happy to tell the stories that result.
And, on mindfulness, isn’t getting lost for hours in the intricacy of reassembling a clock movement the epitome of what mindfulness is all about? And haven’t we actually been doing it for generations – cross-stitching, model-making, knitting, basket weaving, sketching? Who needs a life-coaching guru to teach you that?
Watch this space for the latest clocking adventures, and more.