For more years than this old brain of mine can remember, I have taken the month of July to do some sort of technology fast. In recent years, it has primarily centered around ditching social media but in the olden days, I would go as analog as possible.
I’m gonna try that again because, quite honestly, it freaks me out and I think that’s a sign I need to do it.
So, here are the rules I am setting for myself for July 2022:
- No social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with the exception of snapping with my family because that’s not a drain for me at all and I’m not a legalist.
- No news apps or Spotify news. I have a little FOMO on this one, so I probably need it.
- No YouTube or TikTok.
- No podcasts (listening or producing).
- Very little email. I’ll check my multitude of accounts once a day but unless it’s an emergency, I’ll let my assistant handle it.
- Using my phone, iPad, and computer as little as possible, mostly for sermon prep, writing, music, and GPS.
This is the stuff I have every intention of doing instead:
- Walk a minimum of three miles a day.
- Read five Psalms a day (the whole book of Psalms in July).
- Noodle about how to integrate healthy Social Media and podcasting rhythms into my ministry.
- Write as many chapter drafts as possible for my next book.
- Take one picture a day.
- Install hardwood floors at my daughter’s house (I know that doesn’t sound relaxing but it is).
That’s it. See ya in August!
Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash.