Digital Sabbitcal...

Happy Friday Ladies!

Yes Friday has sneaked up on us again and this is actually a great thing.

I came across one of  the most interesting ladies in the blogworld...Gwen Bell...

you should definitely check her out. 

But in short, she wrote a book entititled: Digital Warriorship.  

In short, Bell wrote the book because:

In the summer of 2010, I found myself on a bus 

absentmindedly flipping through applications on my iPhone.

 I wanted to kill time before my stop.

Wait.

Kill time?

As if life is long enough to spend some of it in an act of killing. 

No, I decided in that moment, it's not. 

The beginnings

In an effort to get clarity around my online behaviors

I took a month-long Digital Sabbatical. 

I powered down for a month to consider my relationship with technology.

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When i came across this..i had to post about it because i could relate with Gwen,

 i am constantly absentmindley flipping through my iphone 

on a continuous basis at home, work and in the community!

Mr. Pancakes mimics me with my iphone...im always powered on...

It's sad but so true what Gwen speaks about, of using technology to pass time.  

Whether we like it or not, we are not doing it to pass time...

because whether we know it or not, or like or not,

time is passing regardless of what or how we are spending it.

The picture below relates to Gwen's reasons for a digital sabbitical: 

We are wasting precious time on these Weapons of Mass Distraction...

i know many of these social media sites have become 

weapons of distractions in my life to some degree.

Therefore, i will be taking digital sabbaticals on a regular basis

 to recoup and have a better relationship with technology.  

As fun as blogger is (because i LOVE interacting with you all) 

i will NOT allow it to take up so much of my time.  

Sabbatical means: 

bringing a period of rest, 

any extended period of leave from one's customary work,

especially for rest, to acquire new skills and training

I am NOT taking a long sabbatical...

just three days (Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday)...

a girl's gotta start somewhere!

I hope NOT to think about blogging and or other social media sites,

but instead complete Christmas is Not Your Birthday,
start some puzzle books,

complete activities on the Team Pancakes Advent calendar 

and just be digitally free (blog, email, twitter, facebook, iphone).

I know many of you already know how to take time off...power down

however some of you may want to take this challenge with me.  

Even if it's 24-hour sabbatical from the weapons of mass distraction just to regroup.  

If you are interested, link up by committing to the sabbatical...
and share some of the things you will be doing instead of being distracted by the weapons of mass distractions.
Let's enjoy our time instead of passing time.