I am terrible at time management. Always have been. It's not so much that I don't know how to plan my time, it's that I have virtually no feeling of its passing. When I was a kid it drove my mom and teachers nuts. As an adult? Let's just say it can become a major problem.
Enter The Internet.
The internet has most recently become my biggest time suck. As in hours of my day gone. Daily. I couldn't even remember what it was I was reading. Drastic measures were needed.
I waved goodbye to Facebook for the last week, swore off email, surfing, and TV, and limited my reading to the Bible and Bible studies I've been woefully neglecting. A one-week RESET.
I'm here to say I survived. It was challenging and refreshing. I wish I could go longer but technology truly is the way we link to our world since a) I don't work outside our home, and b) It is the primary mode of communication both for our local community and our family on the other side of the world.
I'm trying to slowly reintegrate computer usage into my day but with some boundaries. I started this blog because I needed a place to see my thoughts in print and to keep a little sanity in our crazy life. It hasn't been working because by the time I wade through emails, Facebook, blogs, and surfing, the baby's crying, the dog's going ballistic, my husband wants to know what's for dinner, and I'm already 15 minutes late for my meeting. I've been forfeiting peace and clarity for Facebook drama and a list of crafts I'll never finish in 10 lifetimes.
I've neglected friends and responsibilities, I've traded needs for wants, I've turned my priorities upside down. If I've hurt you because of this I am truly sorry.
I'm moving on. I'm putting my priorities back where they should be. I'm (hopefully) growing and experiencing the pains that go with it but I know it's worth it. That God is worth it. That my family is worth it. That my friends are worth it.
Please pray for me and know that I am praying for you, too.
Peace.
