#Unplugged

Years ago there was a movie called “Hanging Up,” but I couldn’t relate when it first came out. For a long time I refused to get a cell phone, and when I did I had a flip phone so that I wouldn’t be caught up in texting and social media. Guess who is now addicted to all of the above? Me. I just bought a pretty pink phone cover for Christmas, and it already looks like it’s been dragged through a little league ball park. Unbelievable! I stay attached to it as if it is the very air that I breathe, at least until this week when I felt myself cracking. This was supposed to be a relaxing spring break, but instead I gave way too much of my time and my peace to other people. I’m ashamed to say that I often give too much of myself away, and the worst part is it takes me cracking up to realize I need a time out. A long time ago I promised a friend that I would take one day a week for myself, and I can admit that did not happen on a consistent basis. So now here I am back at square one needing a timeout. Just one day a week where I can sit on my couch, watch a movie, eat snacks, and be unbothered. Fortunately as the weather gets better, I can go to my other stress reliever and take my one hour walk under a baking sun. And to think I used to hate outside and the heat! Now I crave my alone time walking and thinking in peace. Where are you with this? Do you have me time? In my first book I wrote about the importance of having it, and now here I am needing it for myself. This blog will still be here this week, but please pray for me as everything else begins to be #unplugged.