Well, I'm going to go ahead and say that, one week into no social media, I'm really glad I was able to take the plunge (I'm not connected for work reasons or anything), and that I had the gumption to do it. Here were MY main reasons (for anyone interested): I'm totally addicted to it. The mindless scrolling had me in its clutches for too long, and moving away from friends made it worse. I couldn't limit it. Deactivating helped, but I needed more help than that. It depressed me instead of lifting me up. Especially the constant rude political and theological scuffles between people I want to respect. I didn't mind polite discourse, but it was rather uncommon for even the most constructive of threads to avoid trolls. I wanted to free up emotional energy, time, and attention to discipline myself more. I've gotten a good planner, and I'm holding myself to Bible reading, exercising, staying on top of my news podcast, certain low-key reading goals for Ba...
Thoughts on God between folding laundry and building cup towers