Today, we are talking about time. Stephen Miller Band wrote,
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
I’ve found no more appropriate way to think about how I have utilized social media in the past.
I like schedules and I calendar almost everything. I know what’s happening and when. The old adage, if you aren’t 5 minutes early than you’re late, is something I’ve taken to heart and amplified a bit (much to my wife’s chagrin): if you aren’t 30 minutes early than you’re late. I’m very organized when it comes to my time. I’ve written on it here, here, here, and here. I don’t like my time wasted.
However, I continually let social media waste my time. One of the biggest discoveries I had after I started the social media fast was how much time I had spent looking at social media. I found my thumb going to the place on my phone where the Facebook App had been countless times a day. It was subconscious. If my thumb is drifting to this nebulous spot on my phone then how much time would I have spent mindlessly scrolling?
Make Time
We all have exactly the same amount of time in a given day.
- 24 Hours
- 1,440 Minutes
- 86,400 Seconds
If you find yourself lacking in time, here’s an idea: Take a Social Media Break. I promise it will be productive and that it will be good for you. I promise you will have more time.
Remember social media isn’t bad. As I shared in my first post, social media is a tool. It SHOULD be utilized, but tools yield to their master’s desires. Use social media, don’t be used by it. This idea will be the subject of my next post about my social media fast.