Between Deadlines and Daydreams... Do You Ever Look Up?

@Jehanne (2035)
Philippines
April 29, 2026 7:05am CST
Oftentimes we are in rush, chasing time, wanted to finished something, so glued with our works and phone screens. Unending checking what's due, calendars and notifications. Our attention always pull downward. Sudden out of battery, scheduled blackout, unexpected reboot and shutdowns these are reminders of small pauses. The moment, a chance when we could look up. The sky is vast, simply exists without demand. We are free to daydream just by looking up above, make our worries feel smaller, eases our tiredness by appreciating the beauty it showed us. It is the most grounding thing we can do in the middle of our busy days, pause and lift our head. There's a beauty above us that changes color, it's always there but we rarely seen. Be honest do you ever look up? or why don't we do it more often? Most of the time I look up above after work, it's therapeutic. The sky is really pretty. Photos are from those days I look up above. When I just arrived at our store and I was at our staycation place by the beach.
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@DaddyEvil (174558)
• United States
29 Apr
No, I usually don't look up. All I can see from our house is trees and tree limbs. The sky hides here behind all the greenery.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
29 Apr
Well it's not bad to just stare at the tree leaves swinging by the gust of wind. But be careful there might be some unexpected dropping of twigs. Lol! Seriously, greenery is good for the eyes after being caught all day with screen.
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@DaddyEvil (174558)
• United States
30 Apr
@Jehanne We have some mean squirrels that like to throw twigs and walnuts at us once in a while. Usually, they just chitter at me because I didn't plant a garden the squirrels can eat this year. Yes, it's very soothing on the eyes.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
30 Apr
@DaddyEvil how mischievous Hahaha that's their way of nagging you, hope there chitter never last long.
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (34814)
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30 Apr
I am a sort of take it easy almost laid back person So I don't have to stop and look up. Yay for me Take it easy
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (34814)
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30 Apr
@Jehanne One day the swivel chair will rebel and break
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
30 Apr
@Ineeddentures don't get me started. A week ago, we changed one of it's caster wheel. but it wasn't my fault.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
30 Apr
Good for yahhh! take it easy, like I can work, I can dance, I can sing. Hehehe I can even turn around my swivel chair at work. Lol! whew! But I must admit that I can be stressed too. So I have to look at outside the window and pace out.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
13 May
Cool! I love the summer sky. I love to daydream also when I was younger, but now I need to get a good use of my time as I grow older hehehe.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (11847)
• Philippines
13 May
@Jehanne Yes, so true.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
13 May
yes we got a lot of priorities lining up but it's good to notice little things in life that we used to pass by at.
Toni
@toniganzon (77223)
• Philippines
30 Apr
My office desk in the house I right in front of the window where I can see the sky when I open the blinds. I prefer to see the sky often.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
30 Apr
I do too. But at the office our warehouseman block my view by piling up the goods in boxes.
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DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
29 Apr
That’s a beautiful photo! I’m up and down constantly, but look at the sky all the time, especially when it’s a sunny and beautiful day.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
29 Apr
When the weather is good, and when the sky is widely showed a clear bluesky or when it's cloudy. That's beautiful! Even sometimes we complain how hot the day is, there's always a lot of reason to see beauty in between.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382259)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr
Those are lovely photos. I try to remember to look up from time to time.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
29 Apr
Thank you Right, I do the same. Give time until it becomes a habit to really look up.
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Orogun Oghenekome
@eLdav1s (551)
• Nigeria
29 Apr
I think most people don't look up cause they qre glued to the digital world. Even when they are stressed with one thing or the other, they would rather play games, watch movies and so on than actually take a break from everything digital.
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
29 Apr
True, mostly everyone has no time for a break for just to look up at the sky or to noticed every little things around us.
Michael Duff
@Wrexxo (1900)
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29 Apr
Yeah..those pauses are really important. I try to do that from time to time
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (2035)
• Philippines
29 Apr
It really is and sometimes we complain about it. I can now understand why there's automatic reboot set in our system at work. For us to at least slow down, stretch a little and if have time look out at the window.
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