Month: February 2020

Hi everyone (or no one),

Welcome to the blog of David b where I will be publishing my thoughts on a different topic each week. I am new to this so lets see how it goes!

When was the last time that you felt truly relaxed? Where you could sit back and watch the world go by and not let anything bother you.

In this age of technology, people are so addicted to their devices and social media that many cannot even bear to bring themselves to look where they are walking even when crossing a busy street. How did we get like this? How can we possibly think that whatever is on our screen overrides our personal safety? It used to be that the most primal need (of survival) would override all else. Now, it seems that its more important to see who posted something than looking where we are going, be it when we are driving or navigating a busy sidewalk. Authorities are starting to install safety cameras to identify drivers using mobile phones, as they can’t rely on common sense anymore.

I don’t think we can get to that truly relaxed state unless we make a conscious effort to do so. I’m as guilty as everyone else of reaching for their phone first thing in the morning, whether through fear of dysconnectivity or whatever. There may be some ways you can reach the Nexus with your phone, but I think generally you will need to extricate it from your hand. So here are my thoughts….

What better place to start than at the beginning of 2020 with a New Years resolution. Mine, I think will be simply to relax more! To find my ‘Nexus’ and go there often.

For me, one thing has done the trick more than anything else – to go to the beach, setup my (bargain of the century @ $10) beach tent, download a good book onto my kindle and read for a few hours under the hot summer sun – my beach of choice is Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. The beach tent is an essential ingredient here or I would soon look like a member of the Barmy army after Day 1 of the first Ashes cricket test match in Brisbane.

The Nexus is a term I first came across while watching a Star Trek movie. According to that movie the Nexus is an extra dimensional realm where your thoughts and desires shaped reality. My definition is a bit more simplistic – a place where you could go to truly relax (in my case the beach).

The first time I found my Nexus I was actually reading a paperback murder/mystery novel (before evolving to the Kindle world). But, despite the gruesome and thrilling content jumping out from the pages of my book, I found my Nexus for the first time.

It dawned on me hours later when I was walking along the Surfers Paradise Esplanade that I was actually on ‘Island Time’. What time is it? Don’t know, don’t care! What a place to be!

There will be many other preferred ways to get to the Nexus – some may find it at the gym, during meditation, yoga or sports. Running is also something I have done a lot of in the past – ‘Runners High’ is definitely a form of the Nexus. I think generally it just has to be something that is good for you (or at least not bad for you) and then you need to be able to get to that place easily.

So that’s it for my first blog. I am not here to bore anyone with too many words (the image says it all). Hope everyone can find their Nexus – and have a great 2020!