So I knew this week would be tough for me not because of t.v. or because of internet surfing or online shopping but because of not having boundaries with work email and with facebook and twitter. Before smart phones I checked my cell phone before and after school, whenever I hopped in the car and saw my purse and wanted to check to see if anyone called and of course before I went to bed. There were no instant messages or pings and definitely no facebook or twitter notifications.
Fast forward just five years since the first blackberry and I find myself periodically checking my phone throughout the day to see if there is new email, a text message, and to check notifications on both facebook and twitter. I read the news on my phone, I keep up with friends and family, many work tasks are accomplished via iphone, and my playlist, my workout programs, my grocery list to name a few are all there.
I knew that I needed an intervention before now, I just didn't quite know how to do it until I found a basket for the kitchen that during family time and dinner I could put the phone in the basket and walk away until dinner and school work is accomplished. I am excited about this.
It worked today for the most part. I did have to clear a facebook post I did from my laptop this morning related to Eli's 5th birthday party coming up on Friday. I created the invitation and needed to send it out through facebook so people would know the details before they received their mailed invitation sometime this week.
The rest of the day the phone was in the basket. It stayed there while I cleaned up breakfast, while Eli and I went to pick up his birthday cake my cousin made, and while I canned several jars of peach jam, jalapeno salsa, and froze corn. I checked it after lunch and I checked it again after dinner.
There were several times I had the urge to post a picture of the kids hauling in a huge basket of our first big harvest of corn in the rain. I had the urge to post a picture of the garden goodness canned on the counter, and the peach pie the girls and I made. Then I thought about why I wanted to post it. I wanted to post it so I would remember it, not necessarily to show the world what I'd accomplished. I have so many pictures from work and from school I find that if I post it then it archives it for me when I am ready to print then I can save and print from facebook. I need a better way.
I am thankful for more time I had with my family today.
Sincerely,
Dawn
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