For most of my career, I have worked on a computer, taking calls, building decks, and making transactions via a computer. There are times where I’ll be working on something and I’m so focused on it, that I do not have any idea of what’s going on in the physical world around me. 

This can present simple challenges like forgetting to take the garbage out, to starting to physically walk to the kitchen but my mind is still in the meeting happening via Teams and not remembering why I was heading to the kitchen. 

To help bring me back to where my physical self is, I’ve tried a few different things.