Don’t get me wrong, I have missed updating and writing on
the blog over the past 2 ½ months, but I really needed the time away to focus
on other things in my life.
This is the post that never made it live back in July:
I Don’t Want To Be
Connected (To Electronics, That Is)
Over the past month, I have been struggling with being
“connected” by the internet and cell phone.
For the first time in my life, I am not concerned about the amount of
time I am spending online because I am met with my own personal resistance to being
connected. I am perturbed by a society
that is connected to their cell phones and internet connections every waking
minute.
In the month of June, I inadvertently started to break away
from blogging* and the internet in general.
I think I posted once a week for two or three weeks. I checked my email every several days but I
was horrible at responding back. It was
so bad that I even received a second and third email from a friend who was
worried that something happened to me!
With the fast-paced world around us, I have been yearning
for the truly simple life. A life with
no real plans on the weekends and time spent together with friends and family
face-to-face.
Have you gone through a phase that you completely disconnect from the
internet and your cell phone?
So, what have I been up to over the past 2 ½ months? A lot!
I have several posts to write and update my faithful followers on what
we have been up to here on the homestead including what we decided to do with
our broody hen,
how our garden turned out this year, our new way of eating gluten/dairy and sugar-free, and many other
topics.
The only difference from the past is that I will not be
posting nearly as much as I used to: most likely just once a week.
To all the readers who have stuck with me through all of
this, THANK YOU.
Glad to have you back!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vicki. :-)
DeleteThanks for the update! I have not been blogging over the summer either, or even reading blogs, for similar reasons. Sometimes writing and reading about the simple life gets in the way of actually living it. The raspberries are doing good - got a dozen berries or so actually!
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DeleteI couldnt agree more. I have not kept up with alot of sites about what I enjoy either (simple living, frugality, homesteading, etc.). I would much rather live life than read about it.
I am so thrilled the raspberries are doing well! Our transplanted berry plants are small this year, but will be nice and large next year. You should have a nice crop next year too.
I am looking forward to catching up. :-)
Have a great weekend.
Winter is a better time for blogging more frequently. In the other seasons there is just too much to do. I know I stayed with blogging rather than the old Facebook games I played with friends. There was no interaction there, no good ideas on how to improve your garden, finances, recipes. Glad to see you again.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy! Thank you for being a faithful reader. I appreciate it.
DeleteI love Sparing Change!
ReplyDeleteLol. Thanks, Antonio. You are one of the friends who have helped motivate me to get back into updating the blog. THANK YOU!
DeleteYay :) i was checking all the time and nothing, so glad you are back!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Missy! It's good to be back! :-)
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