Escapism

I've been having some problems with this blog, in the form of uploading photos, so I'll stick to a purely text orientated post.

I've been thinking lately about escaping. I don't mean escaping literally, like an animal escapes the zoo, but more metaphorically. There are things in everyone's life that they want to 'escape' or that they run from. It may be doing the dishes, a hard conversation that needs to be had, or at times the outside world. My musings haven't been about what people escape from though. It's been about what people use to escape, how they 'get away' from things for a while. I've realised that I use TV. I escape into other people's lives (even if they're not real) to avoid dealing with mine. It might sound a bit dramatic, but following the lives of others makes me forget about what I should be doing, what I'm not doing, or how I wish my life was different.

What about you? What do you use to escape? What do you fill your life with when you're avoiding something? Hopefully it's much more healthier than mine. It then gets me to thinking...what should we be running to? Should we be running at all? I wish I was the type of person who just dealt with things and did what was needed, when it's needed. I don't know many people like that. Actually come to think of it, I don't know if I know anyone like that!

Anyway, I'd love to hear form you about what you use to 'escape' your reality.