If you spend an hour a day on something, that adds up to just over 15 days a year (24 hour days.) An offhand remark I heard recently asked, "why do you give Zuckerberg 15 days a year in your head?"
That is a very good question. The handful of posts on Facebook from family and friends would probably only take about 3 minutes a day to see, the rest of it is addiction, based on an algorithm designed to keep you scrolling, the more you scroll the more advertising you see, the more money a man who will never have enough earns. It is a hard addiction to quit, but we can be stronger than the pull.
What could I spend that hour a day, 15 days a year doing?
Blogging, and reading blogs takes about an hour a day. I enjoy it, I get to select what content I see. Posting allows me to exercise my creative abilities.
I walk an hour a day. Walking is physical, and mental time. If I am walking outside, I do it in silence, only following the internal conversation.
I read at least an hour a day. I am on the way to finishing about 80 books this year. Add an hour a day to that, and I would easily go over 100 books a year.
I enjoy painting, and keep promising to sketch. I should claim that nearly an hour a day, and dedicate it to art. An hour a day would make a real difference.
I miss old fashioned cards and letters. I send a few, I should send more, I should use some of that hour a day, to write to people.
I should spend more time listening.
As we get closer to the end of the year, I start to seriously think about what I want to do in the coming year. Realizing that one hour a day, is 15 days a year, leaves me this Monday reexamining what I spend my hour a day on.
What hour a day, could you move from what you are doing, to what you would like to do?
Some days I can spend 3 or more hours working on blog posts and reading blogs. I enjoy it but it’s too much time sitting. I could spend less time fiddling with my blog.
ReplyDeleteMy posts are not perfect, my photos are not processed or edited, I do try to proof read for typos, that still slip through.
DeleteI say why waste any time even a minute to waste on Facebook. If people wanted to stay in contact, I say they'd then use the phone, text, or email. But I still do send cards and letters. I'll drop you a line toots!
ReplyDeleteVery good point.
DeleteI go on to check the news and see what family is up to, but nowhere near an hour a day!
ReplyDeleteI use that time reading, and living, and laughing, and playing with a cat, and sipping wines, and talking with Carlos and enjoying a meal and blogging ... and ... and ...
The cats are very glad you devote more time to them, than Zuck.
DeleteI don't have a Facebook account so no problem there. I do have an Instagram account but I haven't posted to it in over a year and I only look at it about once a week. Lately I've been thinking I could cut that out too.
ReplyDeleteWise
DeleteLots of food for thought here!
ReplyDeleteThe brain is a hungry organ
DeleteI probably spend too much time playing solitaire on the computer but I tell myself it is good for my brain. I do want to cut down on my Instagram time as I can just lose track of time when I am flipping through those.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how a quick look, turns into 20 minutes.
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