Sometimes starting the day with a joke can lead to new insights.

I’m wearing a mask at the moment. The kind you’d see at a classic costume party. It has narrowed my vision so much. I’m having a hard time paying attention to one’s expressive conversations. I’m bumping into people on the hallway. I don’t notice people sitting next to me. This is literal Tunnel Vision.

When I was giving a consult to five people this afternoon. I was having a hard time to tell the story to all five of them. I keep getting unaware of everyone’s positions at the table and I feel very focused on one person instead of the whole group.

The only things I can see right now are my hands, my laptop, my coat on the left side and a bunch of pens on the right side. I am completely blind for what is more than half a meter away from me and I can’t see the people who are sitting across me.

All this started with surprising (or scaring) a friend this morning. I sneaked up on her and shouted something in her ear, she jumped up and kicked me a couple of times for scaring her. We then laughed about it for about five minutes. At a certain point I said “I can’t see shit with this thing on, it’s like a literal tunnel vision!”. I was wondering what it would be like wearing this thing for an entire day. I wanted to know what literal tunnel vision does with you.

It’s four hours later now and I’ve encountered more bumping into things on the hallway and even while brainstorming later on. I’ve experienced how unaware I became of my environment. It’s hard to keep track of every object and person in my current whereabouts. I feel like I need to rescan the environment every time I turn around.

I decided that after I leave the building I will undo myself of this mask and regain my full vision. After I had packed my bag I find myself walking through the hallway that eventually will bring me to the doors of the outside world again.

As I open the doors, I undo myself of the mask and instantly was filled with an overwhelming feeling. I could see so much without wearing that mask! I spontaneously burst out in laughter, looking at the sky embracing it’s beauty.

It’s absolutely wonderful what you can see if only you take away the framework and experience the infinity of your vision. Yet we spent so much time behind our computers, televisions and other forms of frames you put your vision’s focus on.

Just try the following for your own sake. Walk to a window or go outside. Set your eyes on the sky. Then while not moving your eyes, unfocus them and embrace the infinity of your vision. Experience the colours and the beauty of everything that comes within your vision, don’t judge, just accept it and observe it. Let me know how that works out for you!