It's Day 2 of Social Media Fasting and in addition to more time I am realizing the benefit of boundaries. Yesterday I shared that having a boundary set for time on social media is allowing me to be aware of the time I am "on" my phone and to set aside, to protect, the time I am not on it so that I can be fully present with those more important than what is pinging or notifying me in the digital world via email, facebook, and twitter.
Today after church and after lunch I checked my notifications and saw where I had four notifications - one from work, one from a friend who had recently gotten engaged, one from church, and one from a colleague inviting me on a poetry share for the next four days. Here's what I discovered in that moment. Knowing that I am on a facebook fast and that Heather and I agreed that we would check email and facebook for work and for church and family - get on and get off basically- kept me accountable for my time spent on my phone. I knew that I was not going to spend time mindlessly scrolling through my facebook feed consuming large quantities of random posts that amazingly can drain endless amounts of time that could be spent engaged in much more meaningful time and tasks.
I chose in that moment to be a producer. To mindfully read what pertained to me, to thoughtfully respond, to contribute and then to get off. What we post needs to be a contribution to our friends, our family, to the world. Our messages build our reputations. It is important that we are mindful in the mundane, in the every day because that shows our friends, our family, our colleagues and co-workers, and the world who we are.
My boundaries for being a producer are below - it should be honest, it should be helpful, it should be positive, and it should have a purpose beyond portraying "my best self." It should contribute.
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