When I picked up a book with the title UnStuff:Making Room In Your Life For What Really Matters, I hesitated to open it up and read it. I’m pretty much a person who denies the fact that she needs to do some serious cleaning in her life. It took me years to get around to organizing my closet to an efficient system as I mentioned in my {inspirational entry} for She Seeks this week. (Check it out by the way!)
But because I know the authors Hayley and Michael DiMarco are really down to earth and wouldn’t preach to me about de-cluttering my life, I read the book despite my tendency towards denial.
After I unstuffed my closet, I moved on to a more challenging area. I decided to unstuff my morning routine and NOT log on to Facebook or Twitter until after I spent quality time with the LORD. This was initially pretty hard and I was tempted every time I saw the little alert light on my Blackberry let me know that a juicy email or FB note awaited my attention. Now that I have made these changes, I’ve grown in my relationship with the Lord and I crave that interaction in the mornings more than I crave the “interaction” with my online friends. This is my way of saying LORD, You are my priority. He has blessed me because of this statement and I’m so thankful!
I’d love for you to take a look at my interview with Hayley DiMarco over at She Seeks. Leave a comment with some ideas of how you are going to unstuff your life!
Hello Sarah!
Im am always trying to re-evaluate my life and “unstuff. ” The hardest area is definately my time/schedule. I have gotten alot better than I have been in the past, but its my nature to be busy. I THRIVE on being busy……..until the “overload” or “crash” hits. I’ve been trying to recognize when my schedule is getting too overbooked and try to re-evaluate the priorities ofmy life. Love this! :)
-K
Kristen,
I totally identify with “thriving on being busy.” I feel like I’m more productive when I’m busy. But, when that busy-ness crosses a line, you are so right…we crash. Great thoughts, friend!
Hi Sarah!
Having spent many months in denial about my time wasting, I have given up facebook and twitter for lent as they were starting to take up more time and priority than I felt they should. Fasting from them completely has given me a chance to re-evaluate how I spend my time and put some more positive actions in place. When lent is over, I hope to return to facebook and twitter but with a new sense of what is a priority and what really matters instead of just logging on out of habit. The book sounds like a good read!
Lindsay,
I’m so totally impressed that you gave up social media entirely. I know that the Lord will bless you in that!
I’m so impressed with this… as an advertising/PR student and soon-to-be professional, I feel obligated to be “plugged in” all the time. And yet, there are barely enough hours in the day to get by most days. I’m struggling to learn the difference between being professionally responsible and keeping up with the trends and being too distracted by social media. I definitely think your comment about being on FB/Twitter with a sense of purpose is a good place to begin!