Just last night, as I was tucking my 7 year old daughter in I heard my phone ding from my hoodie pocket letting me know that I had a new Facebook message. I don't know what was so important that I needed to check it, but I could tell right away that I hurt her feelings by staring at my phone instead of spending those moments with just her. She said "Mom, we talked about this......." I said "I know..I'm putting it away and I am going to do better. I am really sorry." What a LOSER.
Today, as I was browsing eBooks from our public library, I came across this book:
Description
Have you ever stopped to think, Maybe the Amish are on to something?
Look around. We tweet while we drive, we talk while we text, and we
surf the Internet until we fall asleep. We are essentially plugged in
and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Rather than mastering technology, we have allowed technology to master us. We are an exhausted nation. No one has enough time, everyone feels stressed out, and our kids spend more hours staring at a screen each week than they do playing outside.
It's time to simplify our lives, make faith and family the focal point, and recapture the lost art of simple living. Building on the basic principles of Amish life, Nancy Sleeth shows readers how making conscious choices to limit (and in some cases eliminate) technology's hold on our lives and getting back to basics can help us lead calmer, more focused, less harried lives that result in stronger, deeper relationships with our families, friends, and God.
I will let you know what I think after I get done reading it. There are 15 people on the wait list ahead of me. Until then, I AM GOING TO DO BETTER.
Rather than mastering technology, we have allowed technology to master us. We are an exhausted nation. No one has enough time, everyone feels stressed out, and our kids spend more hours staring at a screen each week than they do playing outside.
It's time to simplify our lives, make faith and family the focal point, and recapture the lost art of simple living. Building on the basic principles of Amish life, Nancy Sleeth shows readers how making conscious choices to limit (and in some cases eliminate) technology's hold on our lives and getting back to basics can help us lead calmer, more focused, less harried lives that result in stronger, deeper relationships with our families, friends, and God.
I will let you know what I think after I get done reading it. There are 15 people on the wait list ahead of me. Until then, I AM GOING TO DO BETTER.
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