What could you do less of?
I’ve never done one of these WordPress writing prompts. Here goes. This was the prompt today:
What could you do less of?
Social Media!!!!
I had managed to avoid Facebook for probably a couple years and only rarely went on LinkedIn. But then earlier this year I started sometimes going on LinkedIn, but I was able to rein it in and keep it in check. But then in September I decided to post on Facebook inviting people to this blog. And then I found myself checking Facebook more often. At first it was only to share links to this blog, but then I just started scrolling through Facebook for no reason. And thus the old Facebook addiction, which I spent a lot of time breaking free of, has formed again. And I have a timer set on LinkedIn. And so I do limit my time. But the micro visits to LinkedIn just reinforce that desire for little quick bursts of endorphins. I crave that quick excitement of something new.
And this is after a year or 2 of self-imposed isolation due to my mental health and medications which were making my brain not work optimally. So I went from almost complete isolation, aside from my partner and rare connections with my family and a couple friends, to intense almost relentless checking of Facebook and connecting with people I don’t even know on LinkedIn. But they seem really cool and have lots of cool things to say!!
It has been exhausting. And intellectually I know that it is not sustainable or nurturing. And yet I pick up my phone and almost unbidden my fingers press on icons and before I know it I am in social media.
Today I listened to music for about an hour and that was an excellent break. I also listened to an audiobook for a bit. And then I picked up my phone and launched back in.
I do find writing in my blog to be sustaining and nurturing. So as always I thank all of you who take time out of your day to read this. 🙏😍💜
The one downside of engaging with this prompt is that this is an approximation of turning this platform into social media. When I go into my WordPress app, I see the prompt and then I see all the responses and I can click on them and I can like them… Sound familiar? And yet here I am engaging with the prompt…
Sending love and compassion into the world 🌎 💜
by The Doors
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