*finish my finals in a timely manner. This is more than a ploy to get through the work I have left for the end of the semester. One less Trifecta of Distraction will be a nice byproduct, though.
*slow down and re-connect with the embodied life happening around me. At any given time, if my phone is out, I am probably checking Twitter replies, sifting through e-mail, getting pertinent information from someone via text, searching Facebook for the address of an upcoming event, only to be distracted by photos of someone's cute baby, planning that next masterful Words with Friends move, reading an article from Good or Slate that came through my Twitter feed, and looking for a recipe I KNOW I pinned yesterday, all while trying to have a conversation with my husband about how our respective days were [a bit of exaggeration & hyperbole, but you get the point]. This is grotesque. He is so patient with me, despite my having been sucked into this vortex. This hiatus will force me to slow down and re-connect with him in a more meaningful way, than I am able to, when all of these other things are moving around.
*re-gain focus. If I am living my life less in time-compressed communication, maybe I can start to re-learn how to read a NYT article without getting antsy, or read more than a chapter of a textbook at a time, without stopping to check out what's going on in the Twitterverse. I realize Rome wasn't built in a day, but one has to (re-)start somewhere.
*embrace quality time. maybe I'll start to read books more, generally speaking. Or maybe I'll take up some hobbies that I have been neglecting for far too long. maybe all of these things will give me more time to have embodied experiences over coffee with those whom I care about.
*remember. if nothing else, maybe I'll remember a little of what my life was like before it was consumed with social media.
*be still and know. Psalm 46:10. This is one of my favorite verses in the entire canon. It is always so comforting, but also challenging. It is probably both, because I really struggle to sit still, in body and in spirit.
I think that's it for now. I'll update the list in future posts, if any other hopes for this time occur to me.
What a terrific goal! I believe in you. Oh, and I just got a copy of "The Gospel According to LOST" if you want to borrow it for your leisure reading :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Becca! We'll see how I'm doing after finals are over...but I think I'd LOVE to read that. :)
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