Less is more, more, more!!

I often feel a pull to break away from social media and technology in general.  I have started to feel sad for our society when we're all constantly on our phones.  We're at dinner and we're on our phones.  We're in the car and we're on our phones.  It's embarassing!  What are we, robots??

Whenever I get a wave of inspiration to turn it all off, I think to myself...but WAIT!  How would I know who is pregnant/engaged/doing something cool?  And then I tell myself I couldn't survive, and all social media apps avoid being deleted from my phone.

But the more I have those thoughts of "unplugging", the more I start to think...I should.  I can.  I will.  The most recent wave of inspiration came after a lunch conversation with Mike about, big surprise, me having to work.  I am constantly comparing my situation to others, and I think that if I didn't do the constant comparison, I would be pretty content with my situation.  But I always experience a setback when I am working away and then take a quick break to sneak a peek at my Instagram or my blogs, and I see a cute photo of some stay-at-home-mom putting her baby down for a nap, or running to Target really quick.  I get a wave of jealousy, and then mope for the next half-an-hour/2 days about how I don't get to put Max down for naps, and my Target trips are either on Sundays are during lunch.  Booooo hooooo.

Bottom line: I need to stop comparing myself.  Who gives a shit what craft so-and-so just made?  Who cares what so-and-so just made for dinner?  Here is the line I am drawing: Unless it motivates me, I can't be exposed to it.

So, I went through a huge Instagram/blog clean-up.  Photos and recipes on "clean eating"?  You're safe.  Photos of mid-day trips to the park?  You're outta here!!!  Blogs about how to talk to strangers and how to keep a clean house?  You're safe. Photos from a random semi-celebrity of her and her newborn spending the summer in Greece with her billionaire husband?  GET OUTTA HERE!!!!

And in turn, removing tons of these silly blogs/IG photos from my life also helps me to unplug, since there won't always be something new to see every 5 minutes.  This is a start.

Next on the chopping block: Facebook.  I struggle with this.  Facebook used to be MY LIFE.  It consumed me.  Now, as the "older crowd" is turning Facebook into one big game of Farmville, it has lost its novelty.  As more and more ads pop up and "suggested posts" fill my news feed, the information that I actually seek isn't there anymore.  Its cluttered and messy and I find myself being annoyed by the things people post more than I find myself actually interested or inspired.  A while back, I went through a huge unfriending phase where I would ask myself, "If you ran into them in the grocery store, would you talk to them?"  If the answer was no, then what the heck are we doing having an internet friendship?  But now, its evolved into more than that.  The answer is simple.  Facebook - you gots to go.

Now wait, calm down.  I'm not deleting my FB account, people!  That would just be silly!  But I am going to delete the app from my phone.  Do I really need to be sitting on my couch, watching Netflix AND looking at Facebook?  NO!  What I should actually be doing is taking Max on a walk or, I don't know, just letting my brain think??  Maybe go sit on our patio and just breathe??  Yes, yes that sounds very nice.

Less comparison+less social clutter=more satisfaction (I hope).  Here goes nothing.