I have figured out why I have been so verklemmt ...
... Facebook.
I've been sitting here for over three hours wanting to catch up on blogs and maybe even write something, but instead I've wandered back and forth between Google Reader and Facebook, basically wasting the entire three hours. And tonight's not the only night I've done that this week, although I've been sitting here longer than most.
I love the mindless chatter over there, but clearly it isn't good for production. I am going to have to break that habit.
Margie, Thank you for sharing your words. I have been missing my (grown) boys incredibly, this week especially. In the wake of the little Russian adoptee's saga that has absorbed far too much of my time and energy, I feel the need to reach out and hug my sons who now live far, far away. I want to tell them how much I love them and miss them. I want to use my nonverbal parent energy to convey how much they mean to me and how glad I am to be their dad. "Verklemmt" is a good way to describe my mood these days, too. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling the same.
ReplyDeleteEspecially after starting up this new website page and in reflection.
In combination with long days at the youth crisis shelter working w/kids who have tough lives, teens with good hearts and few options.
All I want right now is to slow down, be quiet, and connect w/family, close friends and walk gently on this good earth.
Thanks for this post, Margie. I've been invited to join Facebook so many times, but after a look at what it is on a friend's computer, I decided not to. People call me Facebook-phobic. I see the value in terms of keeping in touch with faraway friends and family, but I can accomplish that via email. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my writing and life in general. I just don't need one more thing...
ReplyDeleteYou provided me such much-needed validation on my decision. LOL!
Hi, Denise!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I've blown hot and cold with Facebook - currently hot, although I really have to spend less time there, for me, anyway, it's a creativity and productivity drain.