Welcome to Creatober

So, I have decided that my online footprint is in need of drastic reduction. I have spent way too much time on my phone, reading news, playing games, waiting with baited breath for a few new stories on Facebook. I have escaped my life by reading about others and I have judged my life based on the good things that have happened to others. Because of this I have decided to, if not completely fast from the internet, at least reduce its meaning in my life for awhile.

So, I have decided that for the month of October I will be online a lot less than normal. Today I started removing apps from my phone. For the next month my phone will be a phone and nothing else. I will not sit around playing Candy Crush or Sudoku or Where's the Water? or any other game. I will not read USA Today and ESPN like an addict. I will not check Facebook every few minutes.

I will still check Facebook, but only once a day for a few minutes.

And I will still be updating my blogs.

In fact I dare think that I will be updating them at the pace of the last week where I have written 4 blogs, as opposed to the pace I had been with a blog every month or so. My goal is to have quite a few new blogs by the time October ends, hence the name Creatober.

I need to re-calibrate and recenter, I am not burnt-out by I see myself heading down a path that could lead to that place. I need to lesson the spheres I am paying attention to so that I can take care of my sphere a little better. I need to stop listening to the multitude of voices that exist in the world and pay attention to a select few, especially the voice of God.

My phone will be laid down so I can pick up a few more books. My internet usage will be more sparse so that I can live more in the real world and less in the virtual. My need for technology will fade a little so that my need for true connection with those who circle my life can be realized.

I have spent too many days staring at a screen rather than teaching my son. I have spent too many nights staring at a screen rather than talking to my wife. I have spent too many moments staring at a screen and forgetting the Almighty is moving.

So, for the next 31 days I will attempt to find the guy I used to be, because I liked him a lot, and if I'm honest, I'm starting to miss him.

Peace and Love,
Pastor K