So, did you make a New Year’s resolution for 2015? I haven’t made a resolution in a few years but this year I wanted to do something different. Something more intentional.
What did I come up with, you ask?
I’ve decided to live my life less “technologically inclined” and more “people inclined.” That is, with a more personal and less “over the waves” kind of relationship.
What exactly does that mean? I’m hoping to do less texting and emailing and more, dare I say it?, calling people to hear their voices or sending snail mail so they get more than junk and bills in their mailboxes.
I know there are some benefits to technology but I have found that, quite frankly, it’s a bit too much. On Facebook, there is almost an “air” of expectation to “like” peoples posts for fear that, gasp!, they might believe that “no one is listening to me.”
A friend recently went on Facebook and said that what normally would take 10 minutes to read through a days updates was taking more than 30 minutes.
What goes on in peoples lives is important as everything influences us for good or for bad but seriously, there are so many pictures with captions that it’s hard for me to understand why people can’t just say what they mean instead of looking for all these pictures to state and re-state the same things.
So ~ I’d like to add “less” to the problem. Hmmm … can you add less? (laughing)
You suppose it’s a middle-age mindset I have?
It is refreshing for me to get cards in the mail or notes from people telling me they thought about me. Even a phone call recently from someone I haven’t seen in 4 years was welcome this past Thanksgiving.
No worries though ~ I’ll still be updating my blog.
At the same time though, I’d like to have more intimate relationships with people because, after all, that’s what life is all about.
