A daily reminder of time spent offline

little good perfect things

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Hi there,

I’m not a writer. Nor a retailer. I’m just a low-tech girl living in a high-tech world, and having lots of fun offline. Thought I would tell you about it. Once you decide, having it is easy.

Five things to share:

1. What do you get from a pampered cow? reads the back of my phone, typed on a piece of paper— Spoiled milk. It is a keepsake from last Easter where my friend invited me to her Bermudian Easter celebration flying kites. It was a perfect day spent with beautiful people, a chilly spring day at the park where we met, the sun playing hide and seek as my friend flew her kite. We got tipsy off of cheap wine, munched on strawberries, chips, and chocolate, and cackled at stories of past and future while smoking copious amount of cigarettes. Once we have had enough of the cold, we raced up the hill trying to beat each other to the top. We ate cheap food at a diner, then found a playground where my friend hid fillable easter eggs around the park and we ran around screaming like children trying to beat each other to finding the Easter eggs. Find we did, and in one of my easter eggs typed on a piece of paper was, What do you get from a pampered cow? Spoiled milk— I chuckle and shove it in my jacket pocket with the rest of the eggs I found. Afterwards, we go over to my friend’s place, staying up way past midnight dreaming of worlds upon worlds and watching trash reality TV. On my Uber ride home past 3 in the morning, the streets of Toronto eerily quiet like it never sees daylight or humans, I understand life perfectly then: It matters just as much to surrender to the simple, everyday, wonderful, beautiful delights of being alive. What do you get from a pampered cow? Spoiled milk. The next day, I place the piece of paper inside the back of my clear phone case, where I can see it daily and remember to surrender to the simple, everyday, wonderful, beautiful, childlike delights of being alive. It makes me smile to this day.

   

2. And the idea for the time spent offline mug came to me while contemplating the best way to create a daily reminder of time spent offline for you. Something physical, something you can look at daily and think, Oh yeah, I want to be offline doing cool shit instead of online reading another loser telling me what and how to think — I’m talking about myself here, either way. So I thought a mug was the perfect thing since reading a book with a cup of tea is like the quintessential time spent offline activity everyone thinks of when they think about spending time away from the devices. I personally prefer coffee and gin, and not usually at the same time, and I don’t use my time spent offline mug to drink coffee from usually either. Instead, I keep all my writing utensils in it and it sits on my desk reminding me daily why I choose to do anything else but scroll my life away on the internet. I see it on my desk daily, day after day: time spent offline, time spent offline, time spent offline. A mantra if you will. And once you decide, having it is easy. https://www.timespentoffline.store/product/mug

   USD$29.95

   Ships free to Canada and U.S. with full tracking information! (Shipping cost in Canada is criminal, it won’t make sense to ship a mug anywhere else— Sooorry!)

3. A quote I want to share with you:

   Place little good perfect things around you…! Their golden ripeness heals the heart. What is perfect teaches hope.

   — Friedrich Nietzsche 

4. https://sive.rs/dc

   

   once you decide, having it is easy

5. A challenge for you: Place little good perfect things around you…!

That’s all for this week!

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Until next time,

Mehret