Plugged in Again

Welcome to 2015!

Thanks for understanding my need to unplug for a few weeks.

In early December I began to notice that social media had started to consume more and more of my thought time.

As I sat at an event or conversed with friends, I found myself thinking, I should post this or tweet about this. (It even happened in church!) I seemed to have become an observer of my own life.

Odd.

So I took a break—a social media fast of sorts.

I spent time having coffee with friends, attending Christmas events, going on a family cruise (more about that later this week on my author Facebook page: Aftonrorvik), and reading.

I discovered this simple perspective-giving sentence in Avoid Social Media Time Suck by Frances Caballo (page 67): “Social media is all about nurturing relationships.”

Not about observing my life to tell you about it.

And so as 2015 kicks off (with arctic blasts here in the Midwest), I hope to do social media differently. I want it to become more about us—you, my dear reader, and me. I would love to start a conversation thread and then hear from you. Just like sitting down over a cup of coffee in my living room.

So, for starters, I would love to hear from you about social media.

Any tips for navigating social media? What works best for you? What challenges you?