America, ain't nobody got time fo dat. Okay, okay... I'm a total white girl and I am way too old to be saying that. I get it... but I kind of don't care. That sentence is funny, and life is too short to be worried about whether or not other people think I should act like. So I'll say it! HA!
In the past year, a lot has changed in me. I mean, a lot! My focus has shifted and morphed. I've started taking real stock in where my time and focus are. I'm less and less interested in wasting them. I'm more and more focused on the people around me.
Take, for example, television. We are "entertained", generally, by watching people do things (on tv, movies, internet videos, etc) that we are not doing ourselves! I started to be really struck by that. We see pictures of our friends' adventures or we watch shows about awesome DIYers, while we sit on our tushes thinking about how cool it is. Why don't we go out and actually do it?
I've decided to stop watching the world do things, and start actually do it myself. The strange consequence of that is that I'm less interested in the internet. I want to have an actual conversation. I want to connect in a real person way. I want to go out and live, not watch people live enviously! I want to experience things, and push myself. I want to live a life fulfilled, not numbed away.
To be frank, America, I am exhausted by the end of the day. I wake up with a completely different outlook. I've deleted all social media from my phone, which has drastically changed my relationship with both avenues (social media and my phone). Gone are the days of staring away at the cell. Gone are the moments of wondering about the latest gossip on facebook. Yes, I want to know about what's happening with the people I love, but I'm working on new ways to build and foster relationships. Quite sincerely, I want more than the internet is dishing out.
Side note: for the love of humanity this is not a bashing or hating of facebook/twitter/instagram/social-anything. I am not opposed to these sites or convicting them of wickedness. If you use them, and are capable of doing so and still living awesome lives--like many, many, many of the wonderful people in my life--then you rock the casbah and are way cooler than me. I was not able to do this in my life. I changed for myself. Please do not feel that what works for me, must be for you too. I recognize that I am uniquely me and you are uniquely you and it's okay if we do things differently. This is merely me sharing what I've learned and understood in myself recently. It also might change. I'm okay with that too. Just sayin'. :) End side note.
America, I hope that you will examine your own life and see what isn't working and then let it go. I hope you will seek out and foster things that bring you joy and good health. I hope your day will be filled with laughter and love.
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