No social media for 24 hours....

Well, I did it.
No checking social media for 24 hours.

Okay, except for the one work-related message, which doesn't count because it is work, and didn't go through the Facebook app, only messenger, and it was reply and send only (just being honest lol).

Oh hey, look! I even have an image for you. Do you know just how many notifications I had on that thing after 24 hours? Here's a hint, you can't actually look at them all, Facebook gives up after a while ;)

But the results?

I actually partially cheated because I knew that I was driving to pick up the kids today - 2 hours there and 2 hours back... that's at least 4 hours I wasn't going to be checking it anyway.

But I didn't even feel like checking it when I was waiting at Maccas for the kids and Mum to turn up. I did browse realestate.com.au (anyone that knows us knows that this is our hobby lol), but otherwise, I was all good.

I didn't even take any photos.

Not one.

I got home and checked my work emails and answered any messages I needed to, and... that was it. I tried browsing Facebook. I 'liked' a couple of posts, but I didn't actually want to be on there. I flicked through Instagram. And then turned it all off and got stuck into some work.

That was weird.

And the only time I got my phone out at footy training this evening was to check an email relevant to a conversation I was having and text my husband.

Going forward I have to try really hard to minimise my time spent on social media. I think by putting work duties first (scheduling posts etc) I should be able to manage it.

Did I also mention that during my social media free time yesterday I cleaned out four drawers and a box in my office? I can actually see my desk.

It was also a jolt to realise just how much time is wasted, and how very easy it is to lose track of that time when lost in the web of social media posts.

Oh, and just how many times I reach for the phone to "just check" on something.

That was a physical shock actually. You find your hands doing it almost autonomously.

I'm definitely going to set aside small amounts of time to clean up my Facebook groups and pages and keep weeding through my Instagram feed. Just little bits at a time should do the trick. There's a lot of nonsense to sort through.

All this spare time to actually get things done.

And maybe read a book or two.

Now there's a thought....

A 24 hour detox

No. Not one of those. I don't mean the cayenne pepper or lemon water nonsense.

I mean a 24 hour social media break.

I'm working my way through Inside Out by Anastasia Amour and this is today's exercise.

As my work is pretty much almost completely online, this could be a challenge - the temptation will be there to open up Facebook or quickly look at Instagram or Twitter.

But it's only 24 hours. I can do this.

Getting lonely

It's a bit too quiet without the kids around here.

No matter how much they drive me nuts when they are at home, I do love the little ratbags.

Feeling a bit off

Sometimes it gets that way.

Today was struggle-street, but I got some work done, so I think I'll count that as a positive.

It's kinda lonely around here about 4.30pm when there's no kids or husband floating around.

Eating veggies

The habit of the month at Healthy Habits Happy Moms is adding more veggies to your daily intake.

This is one thing I am actually pretty good at. We always had veggies to choose from when I was a kid, but they were generally basic. It's taken a while to get my husband to eat a variety of fruit & veggies though. I think when I first met him his veggie intake was contained to mashed potato or fies with peas & corn lol

My usual lunch is a small snack plate with a variety of veggies and some fruit, nuts and some kind of protein. I even added heaps of veggies to the spag bol we had for dinner tonight - carrot, onion, zucchini, celery and capsicum were the choices tonight.

I like to incorporate as many different types of veggies as possible - lots of variety and lots of colour.

First rule of foam rolling

Try not to swear.

Back in the gym yesterday after a week of sitting on my backside in a car for hours on end means having issues moving my legs today.

Oh well. The foam rolling will work, even if I want to smash it against the wall while I'm doing it.

Meanwhile, we bought the boy a birthday present today - one very awesome skateboard ramp. Secondhand and the husband is currently pimping it a little as it was a bit rough around the edges (very well loved).

That should keep him happy when he gets home :)

Impromptu lunch date

I headed into town for an impromptu lunch date with the husband. The only issue I have with these is they don't last long enough. And I sort of wanted to go shopping afterwards, but I also didn't. I knew I had to get home and do some work, so I guilted myself into coming home. That sucks, but I have gotten a fair chunk of work actually completed, so that's a good thing.

I got home and checked my emails and there was a message from my daughter with her English assignment research attached for my input. She's 3 hours away with my parents, but at least she is keeping her promise of about 30 minutes homework/assignment work every day after lunch.

Totally not ready for her to be sending me emails though.

I feel old.