Temporarily Unfriended all of You

'Talked about that dream to someday live off the grid in some farm. It'd be a place where I can grow my own food and play ride the horsey (or something close to that). Which is the extreme opposite from my growing up here in the Big Apple.

'Should say up front that I accepted living in a hyper-connected world. Most days I text, Facebook, and Google my ass off. I played with enough of the newest techno toys to convince myself that I'm living in a modern world.

but

'There's gotta be a balance.

'Most days I'm super excited by the promise of technology. But as I age I start looking for more breaks away from it, a middle place. Sort of a mashup place of two worlds: technology and a more mindful path.

For me, Facebook (and all the other social networking sites) are one big permission slip to be a narcissist. Which is good for about five minutes -- it shines this huge spotlight on me. I smile, wave to all my fans.

And then find myself feeling empty, craving something with an actual heartbeat.

I do realize I'm fighting a losing battle here. Most of my friends that step away from the flood of mobile information for just a few minutes get all nervous. A glaze comes over their eyes. Like they are no longer present. They feel this overwhelming need to plug back into the grid for their fix.

Wondering If I stopped everything every few day, and shut down the continuously streaming load how nice it would be to just smell the smog. And not think too hard about it.

'Talking like mini breaks from that flow to connect back the trees and the clouds and maybe just some real face to face human interaction.

temporarily unfriending the techno world

to catch my focus...

oh wow,

doesn't that sound like a great place to visit.