No, this was not the Toad on our recent travel adventure to Ontario. The Toad is and always has been an easy traveler who enjoys the journey as much as the destination.

The repeated impatient mantra was my brain as we flew across the country on a family adventure. Why? Simple – I was forced into a no technology zone for 3+ hours! Both boys locked into movies on the tablet and my phone so I was left completely on my own and in my own brain! DANGER! DANGER!

On a normal day, with the chaos of work and life I will think, “I wish I had 5 quiet minutes to collect my thoughts or think through an issue or plan in detail”. Here I was with lots of minutes of virtually uninterrupted time – except for the doling out of snacks and my brain was not able to clearly focus on anything. I mean I had the attention span of a gnat!

I think this is a sign that I need to start weaning myself from the crutch of technology and try to challenge myself to be more comfortable and more creative with some empty white space of time.