It’s been four days since I started the 125 day challenge called A Simple Life Project. Today I will be driving from Atlanta up to Chattanooga for a training conference and I asked myself how I might simplify my life today. So, I plan to leave early and not turn on the radio during the drive. I’m going to drive with no sound other than my own breath and the faint squeal of my electric car along with the rush of other vehicles blowing past me on the highway. (Oh wait, I can’t take the electric car on this trip – not enough battery. Honey? Can I borrow the SUV please? No, I don’t need the Y cord for streaming music but thanks!)
I noticed recently while on a drive to and from our family vacation that my kids and husband seem to need to be listening to music constantly while in the car. I tolerated it but I craved silence. Maybe that’s why that serene lake with no cell service and no wifi was partly such a relief!
It’s all too easy when driving to become lost in thought or distracted by audio books or music. Today I am choosing to just drive. See the sights (even if it is tail lights and highway directional signs). I’m going to just be with myself, my breath, the steering wheel and the road.
Driving Simple. Simply driving. Like a meditation on wheels with eyes wide open.
