I’m Not Here Right Now
One vacation you could take that won’t cost you anything is a vacation from your phone and social media. For a designated period of time, unplug and unwind. Maybe you’ll like it so much you’ll do it on a regular basis. Your friends and family will get used to the idea and they may even try it themselves. See what it feels like to be in the world without distraction. How are your encounters with people different? Do your senses of taste and smell sharpen? Ask yourself what this has to do with the climate crisis.
“When media and the digital world become omnipresent their influence can stop people from learning how to live wisely, to think deeply and to love generously…we should be concerned that, alongside the exciting possibilities offered by these media, a deep and melancholic dissatisfaction with interpersonal relations, or a harmful sense of isolation, can also arise.” Pope Francis (LS47)
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