I have a love / hate relationship with the month of July. Let’s start with the hate.
It’s hot and humid. Gross.
But July has a huge upside because it’s the month I fast from Social Media and I can’t wait.
Here are the rules I am setting for myself for this year’s fast:
- No social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat) with the exception of snapping with my family a bit because that’s not a drain for me at all. If I find myself tempted to snap anyone else (I’m looking at you, Jimmy), I’ll just delete the app from my phone. But I think I should be good.
- No news apps. Reading the news has been a discouraging drain the last year and an all too often source of meaningless distraction. I’ll get my news from Spotify.
- No YouTube.
- No blogs (reading or writing).
This is the stuff I have every intention of doing instead:
- Reading some of the growing pile of books I accumulated this year, including some fun reading.
- Watching a ton of baseball.
- Vacation.
- Staring at my yard.
- Writing some messages for the fall (I’m excited to dive back into Romans and wrapping it up).
So…that’s it. Enjoy your July…I know I’m gonna enjoy mine.