I’ve decided to unplug a bit this month.
October is my favorite month and I’d like to live this month to its fullest. We’ve got a handful of fun social engagements on the books, family in town for a week, a trip out of town for a few days, our anniversary, a bunch of exciting but busy theatrical pursuits at work, and a fall to-do list of goodness to enjoy. I’ve also got a long-overdue and very exciting complete revamp of this blog in the works and I’d like to have some free time to spend on perfecting it (coming soon!), as well as a few other projects I’ve been procrastinating on for quite some time that I’d like to make time for. And I want to relax and bake and read and go for walks and watch Gilmore Girls and be present with my family and friends and do nothing but enjoy the cool, crisp autumn air and soak it all in.
In truth, I’ve also been feeling a bit bogged down lately too. And I have a sneak suspicion social media – blogs, facebook, pinterest – might be the culprit. Unfortunately, social media also has a tendency of sucking up time and energy that could be used more positively and constructively elsewhere. I think unplugging from these things will help me to focus better on my work, my passions, and my play this month. I think it’ll help me enjoy October more because I won’t be inundated with words and pictures of all the things I cannot afford or do not have time or resources to do and yet look so appealing that I am overwhelmed by the thought of them. I think unplugging will help me appreciate and enjoy the simple yet wonderful things in my life more, and also help me to be more productive and successful in my own way, on projects and down time that matter to me.
I’m not gone for good, by any means. Over the course of this next month, I might stop in once or twice a week for a post if I have something particularly exciting to share. I certainly don’t want to lose my readers, and I really do hope you’ll stick around. I’m more unplugging from facebook, pinterest, and the reading of other people’s blogs than the writing of my own – which I consider to be a fun, healthy, and creative outlet for myself, but also something that can take up a lot of time. So I’ll still be posting this month, just more sporadically than usual. When I return to 5-days-a-week blogging in November I’m sure I’ll have a ton of fun stuff to report…and a brand new, totally redesigned look for the blog!
Enjoy your October. Take some time for yourself this month. I’ll see you soon.
Enjoy your favorite month to the fullest! I might follow suit….. not spend so much time on facebook in exchange for more reading time. I could also improve my Spiritual life as that has suffered for some time now. I love the fall colors, crisp days and wonderful aromas coming from the oven. Time to try some new recipes that I can share with my family and friends. So for now…. see you sparingly as I too put more time and effort into things that need to be done in order that I might become a better person.
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