Less Of

This is one of those posts without a picture because that just takes more time.
I wrote this post the other day about my addiction to social media.
Its so hard to stay away from the internet, but I need to!
I got some great comments from women who could relate!
One lady even suggested we work on this together! Thanks Amelia! =)
So its, what I'm aiming for. To be on facebook, twitter, blogger, pinterest... less.
For two weeks I'm aiming to be on the computer 30 minutes a day.
As I've thought about only being on here for 30 minutes, that makes me a bit nervous.
Thirty minutes is not that much at all.
It feels like nothing and I haven't done well this morning.
So hard when you get all these notifications on your cell phone! Any way to change that?
I'm tired of being so addicted to the internet. It, so often, is a waste of time!
Yes, social media can be great, but so often I don't use it that way!
I just get on the computer to check something or just browse and its pretty pointless!
I don't want to waste time because the wasted time adds up and then I feel like I've wasted my days and that adds up to feeling like I'm wasting my life!
I don't want to live a wasted life! Life is much to important for that!
There's too much to do!
There's always kids to take care of and spend time with! There's always my husband to be with!
There's always something to clean and others things that I enjoy doing as well!
So my goal is to focus on those other things because living life in life is way more important than living life through the internet.
So, my goal is to be on here less... not hours and hours, which is what seems to happen!
Part of me think I cannot do this... its going to be too hard, I'm going to fail.
I'm trying super hard to not have that mind set and if I do mess up then I can just begin again!
While thirty minutes may not be much... especially if I need to get something done that will take longer, I'm going to try...or possibly give myself a bit more time, but not hours!
Giving myself grace!

What are your thoughts? Have you ever done something like this? What helped? What didn't?

Okay...off I go!

My addiction

I have an addiction. 

It is one that takes away from things.

It takes away from the house being clean -- always dishes, always laundry to do.

It takes away from time with my kiddos, husband, and God. 

At times it makes me feel gross inside -- empty and worn out. 

This addiction, its the internet. 

Its become so easy to always be connected to the internet. 

Not only do I have my macbook, but I also have my kindle fire and cell phone. 

No matter what I'm doing, no matter where I am, I always have the internet at my finger tips. 

There's always a facebook status, tweet, or blog post to check out. 

There's always some new article to read or something to google. 

All of this...

My need to always be checking these social networking sites, has left me wanting to quit. 

Left me wanting to quite facebook, twitter, blogging. 

I love to blog, but sometimes I feel like it takes too much, for me. 

I find myself thinking in blog posts. 

"Oh, that'd be a good thing to write about."
"That'd be a good picture for a blog post."

Life shouldn't be lived in blog posts. It should be lived with my kids, husband, and God. 

I know this addiction is my fault. No one forces me to be involved in these things. 

The conclusion I've come to, 

through what I feel is conviction from God, 

is that something needs to change.

I haven't been blogging that much because...

Well, I haven't really had the time and also because of this conviction. 

Blogging is going to look different for me.
I'm not going to put pressure on myself to do it every day or even every week. 

Who cares if I lose followers. Its fun to gain them, but its not a reason to blog. 

So, I'm aiming, right this second to have more self control with this whole internet thing.

I want to be on the computer less and in my life more. 

Not only do I want to do this, I NEED to. 

It may mean not being on the computer some days at all (is that even possible?) ;)

Or just scheduling my time on the internet. 

I know this will be the best thing for me! 

Do you struggle with this? If so, what do you do about it?