UPDATE June 21: I survived a weekend of pushing myself away from the computer. I wish I could say I got a lot done, but I didn’t-I felt like I was missing something. It was hard-I admit it I am now a social networking junkie. I logged in once on Saturday and then by Sunday I had a whole bunch of stuff that I had not seen before; one person complained it was hard to follow my tweets as they did not remember what I was responding to a day later. But on Sunday I only logged in one more time and got off within 10 minutes or so. I have decided 1 time per day is not going to be enough to keep up with my stuff. Today its business as usual. But I am seeing the possibilities… So the experiment will continue. During the week I need to work on my computer, but Iwill only check my social media and email 2 times at most and I will only be on the computer when I have to. Of course all that free time gave me another idea about how to spend more time on my computer. Eek.
More later.
June 19: OK. I am in communication overload. I find myself in front of this device all the time. I spend so much time in my office that I grow cats who get very comfortable on me while I am working. It is not easy to work with a 15 pound feline demanding attention, which I guess is their way of saying, “Step away from the box…”

Me, working at my computer with a helpful feline in my lap and another on my desk generally knocking crap over.
I have come to feel like my desk has a gravitational pull that stronger than the rest of the earth. I am in orbit around it regularly and it is very hard to pull myself away from it-and I always seem to wind up right back in front of it. Sure my day job forces me to be here at least part of the time, but more and more I find myself drawn into email, blogging, online marketing, social media and other electronic communication to the point where I believe it is taking too much of my time.
Resolved, I will start budgeting (limiting) my time in front of the glowing screen so that I can get out and do stuff in the big blue box too. I was thinking I would try to stay away from the computer all weekend, but I think that is probably not realistic so I may just need to get a timer or something to limit the amount of time I sit here.
We’ll see how it goes. Stepping away from the computer… as soon as I post this, link to it on my website and post it to social media-see what I mean?
Jake
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