I swore I'd never be one of those Facebook junkies. Social network indeed! Like I don't have enough on my plate? Turns out I don't..turns out I like to post comments. I have managed to reframe from telling everyone when I am taking a shower or eating a snack, but my need to get my thoughts out is quite compulsive.
It's not like I don't have a life, thank you very much! But I am a travel nanny and there are times in a hotel while the children sleep, I just need to hear the thoughts of adults. Or post a picture of a hawaiian sunset that is too gorgeous not to share. (no, I am not trying to rub salt into the womb of those living out winter in snow bungalows) Facebook keeps you connected with friends and in my case, the sisterhood of nannies which is spread out over the US and beyond. We rarely see each other except at conferences so Facebook keeps us in the loop.
I have always put my thoughts in written form. I never did outlines for stories, I would just write as I thought and continue this habit today. There are days so many random ideas come into my head that if I couldn't write them out, I know my head would explode and folks would see how small my brain was and wouldn't that be embarassing? Better to get out the thoughts otherwise I might have to resort to some ridiculous method of passing time like watching reruns of 1950 tv shows. Or worse, take my words out on my husband and watch his pained expression that says "do I have to response and will you be done soon?"
It's one of the reasons I decided to do my own blog. One that had nothing to do with business, just a place to write random ideas. My husband might hate to see me on the computer but if I smile and say, "great, we can just talk then!" he becomes a great encourager to write down my ideas.
Hopefully, it will cut down on my Facebook writing and boring friends to polite to not hit "like". I mean, what are the chances anyone will ever read this blog but me?
It's not like I don't have a life, thank you very much! But I am a travel nanny and there are times in a hotel while the children sleep, I just need to hear the thoughts of adults. Or post a picture of a hawaiian sunset that is too gorgeous not to share. (no, I am not trying to rub salt into the womb of those living out winter in snow bungalows) Facebook keeps you connected with friends and in my case, the sisterhood of nannies which is spread out over the US and beyond. We rarely see each other except at conferences so Facebook keeps us in the loop.
I have always put my thoughts in written form. I never did outlines for stories, I would just write as I thought and continue this habit today. There are days so many random ideas come into my head that if I couldn't write them out, I know my head would explode and folks would see how small my brain was and wouldn't that be embarassing? Better to get out the thoughts otherwise I might have to resort to some ridiculous method of passing time like watching reruns of 1950 tv shows. Or worse, take my words out on my husband and watch his pained expression that says "do I have to response and will you be done soon?"
It's one of the reasons I decided to do my own blog. One that had nothing to do with business, just a place to write random ideas. My husband might hate to see me on the computer but if I smile and say, "great, we can just talk then!" he becomes a great encourager to write down my ideas.
Hopefully, it will cut down on my Facebook writing and boring friends to polite to not hit "like". I mean, what are the chances anyone will ever read this blog but me?
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