(well, at least right away)

I used to be the person that responded to every message right away, email, phone call, text message and social media post. I was trying to meet the demands of others all the time and it was suffocating me. Here is why I don’t immediate jump now when my phone rings. Instead now I live life on my own terms and wait until it is convenient for me to respond.

It takes away and interrupts from living in the moment
I could never get anything done
Multi tasking ruins productivity
It was taking over my life
Being too available isn’t a good thing
It is dangerous — driving
It tricks us into being rude
There are so many forms of communication, I can’t keep up if I jump to every one all of the time

I encourage you to step away from your phone, and create some silence for yourself and enjoy life without it for a short while :)