Freerolling

      Did you ever have one of those days where you just wanted to clear your mind? 

     Where you just don't want to think about anything that's going on in the world?

     Where you turn off the news so you don't have to hear about politics, Afghanistan, Covid, climate "change", inflation. stocks, etc.?

     Where you don't even want to play poker because that requires some semblance of concentration?

     Where you just want to let your mind blank-out the world around you?

     I call it "zoning out" and I did just that the other day. I turned off the TV, turned on the Spotify music, popped open a cold one, and played slots!

I should maybe do it more often?


 


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