Social media.

It’s such a love hate relationship. I love being able to connect with friends and family and post pictures of my kids and share my life with the world….

but it is a time consuming black hole. The other night, Patrick and I were talking about how we spend hours scrolling facebook – looking at other peoples lives instead of living our own. Ouch. Endlessly scrolling. Glued to our phones. Not living in the now. Not making the most of our own lives.

Patrick didn’t have a smart phone until 10 years ago. Now it seems unfathomable to live a life without a smart phone. If you walk out the door… keys. Wallet. Phone.

Our phones have become glued to our hands. Our kids see the back of our phones more than our faces sometimes.

I want to be more present in my own life. For my kids. For my marriage. For ________. Insert whatever. I want to stop the endless scrolling. The time wasting. I want to escape the black hole known as social media and surface to reality. That might sound a bit dramatic but it holds some weighty truth.

I don’t want to lose my voice though or the ability to share my life with my friends and family.

So my blog is a good middle ground.

So here’s to letting everyone know that I am making a huge effort to step away from social media for a bit.  If you need me – text me. Getting a response from me on social media might take a tad bit longer.

A little less posting. A little less instagramming. A little more living.