high thoughts

no not those kind. i’m sitting on my 6th plane in 72 hours, going back to Denver for my 3rd layover there this weekend. as i boarded i recognized the flight attendant from the flight yesterday. he didn’t recognize me, but we aren’t that different. just doing the same route again the next day. clocking in. clocking out.

one time my dad drove me to the airport for tour, as we pulled up he said, “i’m just dropping my son off at work.” i always thought that was funny. i guess being 30,000 feet in the sky is one of my offices.

when i fly i never use plane wifi. i think i’ve only used it once in the last 5 years. i like the disconnect. i recently read about this study where they made two groups of students take the exact same test. the only difference was group A had their phone on the table within eyesight and group B had their phone confiscated before they took the exam. i’m sure we all know where this is going but, the group without the phone scored much higher.

even watching a movie on an airplane without wifi, or a phone that functions, feels like a vacation from the day to day distractions. it makes me kind of sad to even have this realization, that there’s a sense of pride in being able to focus on one screen without the distraction of a second one.

i’m not sure what the point of today’s post is tbh. but i try to write every week and sometimes it just comes out this way. i don’t want to put pressure on myself for each of these to have some important point i’m making. i just like the practice of trying to jot down my ideas, and if anyone can relate, great!

bye from the sky,

-felix

ps new quiet tour vid up