By Marie Bombeck
So a few weekends ago, I tried to go screen free. In all honesty, I was not completely successful. But I did manage to stay off Facebook and Instagram for a solid two days. And once I did finally get back on, I became aware of how often I check it for no reason. My news feed doesn’t change that much. I really don’t need to know how many people “liked” my post. The quality of my life does not magically increase or decrease by how many thumbs ups my Facebook friends give me. The weekend of no social media or screens taught me that I need to limit the time I spend on my phone. I need to stop scrolling through Pinterest and start doing some of the stuff I pin. Actually read all the articles I have pinned. Maybe try some more of those craft projects I have saved for that theoretically “someday”. Where I really failed at my screen free weekend was going without TV, especially in the Netflix department. I started my screen free time on Friday night. I didn’t watch TV Friday night and Saturday I went to a pumpkin patch. (I didn’t have cell service, so I couldn’t check Facebook!) That night I came home and just didn’t feel like reading… so I slipped. My husband and I watched two episodes of a show. But then I shut it off. I swear! I guess in my mind I justified it because I was spending time with the hubby. We have been watching the show together. With crazy schedules, the weekends tend to be the only time we can both sit down and watch it. It was hard to cut everything out. But I think taking some time away from all the screens helped me realize how much time I actually waste glued to the screen or the idiot box. I got some perspective so that I really need to limit my time. I have been doing my writing without Netflix playing in the background. I will let you imagine how much faster I have been getting my posts written. So no, I am not cutting out screens completely from my life. But, I am cutting down the time I spend looking at them. How about you? Anyone been trying to do the same? Love to see your comments below.
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