Helloooooooo SuperForesters Everywhere! Thanks for sticking around. I am grateful to Jackson for allowing our little slice of blog happiness to continue to exist, so that we can continue to communicate through the SuperForest channels of the world wide web when the mood strikes us.
I recently saw this video and it made me think. It made me think about my own habits, about SuperForest, about how we are living our lives day to day, and how so much of our time is spent staring at a screen. I am guilty of putting in a lot of screen time these days myself, and although I do a pretty good job of limiting my phone use while I’m socializing with friends and family, I can definitely relate to much of what is said in this awesome spoken word piece by Prince EA!
What about you, SuperForesters? Especially during this holiday season, are you ready to put your phone on silent for a while and reconnect to the amazing humans around you?
I have a challenge for you, and I am going to take this on myself — who’s with me?
Comment below if you’re joining :)
For the next 14 days (which brings us to New Year’s Eve) – can you do the following? Please share as you go in the comments – I will post an update too!
1) Leave your phone in your bag/purse/pocket when you are dining with friends, hanging with family, etc?
Basic idea: when there are live humans in front of you interacting with you, put phoney away :)
2) Unfriend 10 people on your Facebook page? This may not sound overly SuperForesty, and I am all for having as many amazing humans in my life as possible, but are those humans all positive influences in your life? Do they all have your back? If there are any toxic peeps on your feed, I challenge you to unfriend! If you’re fortunate enough to not have any toxic Facebook friends, why not unfriend 10 people who tend to only post complaints or rants on their feed – you know who they are, you read their complaints every day! Who wants to read all that negativity, right? Something to think about…
3) While commuting (train, subway, bus) — instead of pulling out your phone to entertain you on the ride, can you pull out a book? Can you people watch or look out the window and enjoy the scenery? If you drive a car, can you please not text and drive? I want you to stay alive :) For the drivers, your challenge is, when you’re waiting for someone somewhere, can you resist pulling out your phone and pull out a book instead or daydream about something lovely?
4) Next time someone starts a Gchat, FB chat or text marathon with you, can you stop them and say, “Hey – let’s meet in person and chat about this! Where do you want to meet?”
5) When you’re on your computer, can you work with only ONE tab open at a time? Uni-tasking, baby! It is WAY more productive and way less stressful. This challenge is mondo hard for me but I am going to do it!!
Consider accepting this challenge, friends! More real hugs, less emoticon hugs, AMIRIGHT??
LOVE to all of you! Stay tuned for more from me over the next few weeks!
Comment below – are you in?
