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Day 9 without morning news, a daily blog post, an increased
sense of self and confidence has been great. I must admit that I’m feeling
fine. For the past few days I’ve noticed that I have a sense of stillness that
I haven’t felt in a long time. When my co-workers bring up something that
happened in the news I am startled, and at times appalled to hear what is going
on in the world. So, I am not totally news free because once I step out of my
front door there is someone that is always eager to update me on the world’s current
events. Although disturbing at times this is a less daunting way to experience
the news since we as consumers never get all of the details from the media
anyway. What difference does it make when someone changes the story just a bit
to fit their personal agenda at least I’m getting an overview of events instead of all of
the gory images and details.
The longer I challenge myself the more that I am discovering what
I can live without. I’ve decided to limit the use of Facebook for the remainder
of this challenge. I will check my messages mid-day after I eat lunch, and in
the evening before I shut off all of my electronics. I realize that although I
communicate with many of my loved ones this way there are also many things that
I don’t want to see that bruise my spirit and excitement for life. Also, there
is an amazing amount of negative world news on Facebook. While I realize that
there is a lot of strife in the world I have to build myself up so that I am
able to stay strong in these tough times. It is easy to be swayed by the
passionate comments of other users almost to the point that you may forget
where you stand on a particular issue. I waste an enormous amount of time
looking at pictures of people that I don’t even interact with in real life. I
spend way too much time creating stories in my head about what might be happening
behind my back and right now I need to conserve my energy. I want to put all of
my energy into the things that bring my heart joy. I don’t want to be in
virtual competition with anyone anymore. So, I look forward to allowing myself more time to be creative
and actually interact with friends and family via telephone, letters, e-mails,
or face to face.
When there is time to pursue what it is that you really love
then you can design the life that you want to live. You find ways to live with less and
decide what is important to you instead of being swayed by the media, friends
on social media, and the temptation to shop for things that you don’t really
need. Time is so precious. How will you spend yours? I choose to use mine
creating instead of just consuming.
What will You Give Up? How about distractions?
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