Day 8: Tuning In
No significant crow updates today, although I will admit I did not leave out peanuts over the weekend because it was a break from my usual routine. Either way, since I started leaving food out for the crows, I have become much more aware of encountering them in my everyday life. I have started to notice crows when I am biking to school, all around campus, and I am noticing when they caw. Before I started leaving food out for them, I never really realized that there are crows all around Isla Vista, and I think I really overlooked them. Now that I am paying closer attention, I have also noticed myself being a lot more present in nature generally. For example, in a lecture the other day, I heard a crow caw from outside and suddenly I remembered that attending lecture is not the most important thing in life. I became very aware of the present moment, and I stopped worrying about everything that I have coming up but instead just let myself exist. It's so important to be present, ...