The Importance of Unplugging

I’m learning to live my life Wholly.

Back in July of 2018, I was so done with social interaction that I decided to take a deep look at my social media usage.

I wasn’t upset or unpleased with myself, as much as I was upset and unpleased with how much I was GIVING of myself. 

It felt like there was a slow yet constant leak. That almost indescribable feeling ignited a determination to understand why I felt that way.

I started by mustering up the courage to cut it off! (Like a useless limb)

I thought to myself:

“NO MORE SOCIAL MEDIA! I am going dark.”

Please, try not to judge me. I tried to cleanse myself of social media before but simply deleting the apps off my phone just left me longing for crackhead style solutions. 

By this time, I needed to remove myself from that space, entirely and sincerely, in order to better understand exactly why I was so displeased.

This time, in the height of my emotion, quitting cold turkey seemed like the best option...for me!

Side bar: For the first time in my life, I made a decision out of myself, solely for myself. I made a decision simply because what was inside of me told me to. I neither checked in with anyone else, nor considered anyone else... just me, just FOR me. 

Once I was officially socially offline, I could finally check in, whole(e): pronounced as holy.

That’s where this story starts... at the bottom of this specific black hole... 

LOL who would’ve thought that’s where I’d be shown my calling to live whole?

EDIT: July 2020 is fast approaching…I think that it’s time to unplug again. There is so much more here in this world :)

Peace, Love, and everything like that,

Em