I’m back from my 30-day social media sabbatical. After reconnecting to the matrix, I honestly felt that I didn’t miss out on much. This FOMO phenomenon is not that rational. Once I finished logging in Instagram, I was stuck on the grid for over 3 hours in a vicious cycle of unproductivity. It even left me with a bad feeling in my stomach, similar to a relapse symoptom reported by addicts.  On this exercise, I documented a couple days and I discovered that it wasn’t that bad, even from the start. It went like this: -Day 1: 12:17 a.m.: After deleting my social media apps (Facebook, Ins ..read more

I’m starting tonight. Focus is the goal and I want clarity.   I need to concentrate on many aspects of my life, behavior, personal wellbeing and relationships.   I want clarity in terms of attention while maximizing productivity and maintaining a positive awareness of my surroundings and, most importantly, on who I am as a person. I feel that social media, over the years, has weakened this. As a human being, my efficiency in completing everyday tasks has declined.    Socotra Island, Yemen (2014). Just off of the Horn of Africa, Socotra Island is home to many uniq ..read more

 In July of 2014, I quit my job to go and travel longterm. I went to Latin America and spent 14 months, roaming around the wonderful continent. Since then, I have worked, independently, as a photographer and a travel professional.  These are the beginning seeds of this blog. I have been pushing back the blogging idea for ages now and I am glad it is finally seeing the light. I decided to jump right in and fix things as I go.  I have yet to start posting regularly on this blog, so I decided that I would share a little blogpost I wrote for Banafsajeel during the beginning stages o ..read more

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