Staring out of the window is my way of ‘smelling the roses’. It could be out of the window of a public bus or a train or staring into space on the Tube. The place doesn’t matter, the act does.
It’s a sign that there is enough in life at the moment to keep me engaged and thinking, that I’m either overwhelmed enough to want to space out or feeling good about things and choosing to space out and let my mind wander.
With devices at our fingertips that have apps like Gmail, Facebook and Twitter that scream for our attention all the time, it’s easy to forget the joys of staring out of the window. I practically had to take email apps out of my first 3 screens and ban Twitter and the like on my phone to build a habit of resisting that impulse. These past months, I stare out of the window and take in life that bit more.
And I am loving it.
A Learning a Day 
