No Distractions - So what have I learned?

One week of no distractions has me jonesing for TV in a bad way. And not just TV, today when I was washing the dishes I had a craving to listen to an audio book. The sad thing is, I've already listened to all the audio books I own, so I had a ridiculous hankering for a book I'd already listened to. That's a little pathetic and I had to wonder what I'm trying to avoid by filling up my quiet downtime with noise. Why can't I just think? Or plan? Or just observe life around me? Why do I have to avoid the world by delving into some story on my iPod or on the boobtube or on the news? So, what I've learned is that I'm avoiding the world. Now I need to figure out why. As a side note, my wife asked what was wrong with me while I was doing the dishes because I was being so quiet. Actually, she's asked me that two or three times over the past 48 hours. I told her nothing was wrong, which was the truth. I was just focused on what I was doing, which is something I've been doing more and more over the past week. Focus brings silence.