I really love social media like FB, Insta,
Twitter, Snapchat etc… There’s never a dull moment in it, it’s something like revolutionary.
I love the connection that brings me closer to my family, friends and
colleagues I would seldom personally interact with, also with businesses will
need to respond. It’s fun and very useful tool for educational knowledge purposes
too.
But there is more to life than those things,
more than FB status and Instagram updates. There are moments and good foods and
laughter around breakfast tables. There are runs through the brisk morning air
and many others. There is love and life abundant.
And many of us need to remember those
things.
It took me 15 days to finally learn the
truth of this quote:
We think that life exists supporting our
obsessions more often. But for me it’s not important that much. Those are all
means to an end. Treat our work as life not a way to live. Sometimes we need to stop
in what we are actually doing in a daily basis. I just step away for 15 days and found
more perspective in life and learning that this world is so beautiful.
I realized other perspective in life in my short
time away from the social media, laptop, and technology. I had a lot of time to
think, pray, and reflect what’s in my inner self. I realized that a little
break forced me ponder and dream. It’s allowed me to be creative again, no
longer controlled by the urgency of the moment. I learned how to turn reactive
to proactive again in different situations.
Just like running, rest is necessary to be a
powerful runner, as in our work rest is necessary to be more creative and
efficient worker. Rest takes care of our soul and make sure all is good with my
inner life. So, if you struggle on something, you need a break.
My social media blackout wasn’t my
intentional choice, it is given what I learned and I am determine to make breaks
like this more of a regular discipline.
And if you will ask me where I had been on the
last 15 days, I would not tell you. haha!
Here are my other personal challenges for
2016.
1. 10k
running 3x a week. Run 1-2 full marathons for 2016.
2. Everyday
- 10 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups.
3. Photograph and film short video clips of the best
things I’ve seen and done.
4.
Avoid words with contractions for 29 days
(February).
5.
No expectations rule for 30 days (March).
6.
1 hour white space daily in my calendar for 30
days (April).
7. Less
Sugar, Less Junk Foods.
8.
Read more books.
9.
Create Coffee Table Photo Book.
10. Be
a ninja. (Self-explanatory)
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