With a Little Help from My Friends

So do you think you could do it? A whole day without social media? No Facebook, no Reddit, Twitter, Instagram? Just one day, to prove you are not addicted, to prove you are engaged with real life, present in the moment. Interacting with what is right in front of you. Can I? Shall we pick a date and try?

I watched a documentary called “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix. Talk about food for thought. I would like for you to watch it. Tell me what you think. Tell me what you notice personally as you take a day off from your online life. I will share mine if you will share yours.

Connection, interaction, we crave it, we are hardwired to seek it out. In the time of Covid-19, how do we do that without social media? Can we? I believe so. Phone calls, letters (does anyone write any more), Even Zoom to talk face to face.

Shall we set two challenges? A day without social media and a letter writing challenge? Not an email, a handwritten letter, snail mailed to the recipient. Give it a try. Then see how it makes you feel.

I dare you!