Upon my return to the Pacific Northwest I realized I was spending more time browsing social media. I imagine this was because I was back in familiar territory and didn't have to do so much research regarding where I was headed next. Not to mention there is cell signal damn near everywhere around here! In any case, I wasn't happy with how much time I was spending mindlessly scrolling my phone. I took a serious look at just what that time was accomplishing and it was pretty much nothing. Not that every minute of the day needs to be productive, but I felt like social media was sucking more energy out of me than it was giving. So, I decided to deactivate my personal Facebook account. It's been almost two weeks since I did and it's bee really refreshing. I'm definitely more present in the real world as a result. Ironically, about a week after I pulled the plug on my personal FB, my four year old phone died a dramatic death taking a lot of my stuff with it. Thankfully, all my imagery was backed up on the cloud! What I did lose was a lot of my personal notes as well as a ton of progress on a game app that I had become somewhat addicted to. This gave me yet another opportunity to go further with spending less time on my phone since I've let the gaming go as a result. All in all, I am feeling a very positive effect on my spirit as a result of making these changes.I don't share this with any intention of guilting anybody. I simply wanted to share how it has been positive for me. I have more energy and am looking around a lot more like I was all winter in the wild places I went that had no cell signal. I think my vision has even improved a bit. I encourage you to occasionally look at your habits and see if they are truly serving you in a positive way. Do you come away from your activities inspired or drained? Where you invest your energy is where your life will expand, either in positive or negative ways.
Wishing you all an awesome Spring and Summer!
NOTE- I have no idea why the entire first paragraph of this post is dark blue! I've tried everything I can think of to rectify that and nothing has worked. Anybody know what's up?
