Take the time to disconnect from the world

Yesterday i did something i hardly ever do. I disconnected myself for the day from all social media facebook, twitter and email. Now it wasn't the whole day but the majority of it and wow it felt great. Not anxiously checking to see if i had another @mention on twitter or a new message on facebook. I am quite addicted to checking facebook and twitter, i check it about every 30 min to an hour...so to disconnect myself for the majority of the day is quite the task for me! This is something i am going to do more of. I didn't even check it this morning until i got to work! Crazy! I took the time for myself this morning and meditated and then slowly got ready for the day not rushing one bit.

Learning to meditate was something i have challenged myself to this month. I am doing guided meditations right now with some lovely podcasts i found. And they are great. I am the type of person who's head is constantly spinning and i am always rushing from point A to point B. And i get easily anxious or stressed. So meditation is something i need to do for me, something i need to do to quite this busy mind of mine. I always thought meditation was silly but it's becoming more and more apparent that this is something my mind needs and craves and i haven't been doing it for all these years when my body has been crying for it. I take care of my body physically now it's time to take care of it mentally and become mentally healthy.

Now the other challenge i have for myself for this month is to start disconnecting more from the internet, social media and my iPhone. I want to learn not to crave checking it all so much and i want to take time for me. It's not good for my anxiety to constantly feel the need to always be checking! So i won't be going on in the mornings anymore before work. I will be taking that time to meditate instead. So much more beneficial and rewarding and what a great way to start the day. Ahhhh. I also vow to get off the internet an hour before bedtime so i have a chance to unwind and quiet my brain down before sleep. I was getting really good at this in the winter months but all of a sudden stopped. I want to get back to this. And summer is such a perfect time so much to do at nights. I won't want to be sitting at my computer checking facebook and twitter obsessively.

Now about my day yesterday. My fiance, Shannon and our boxer Laila all went on a fishing trip. I don't really fish i just wanted to go along to relax, disconnect and be out in nature. We went to Cannan River by Coles Isalnd. It's only about 45 minutes away from Moncton and it's beautiful. The water was sooo calm. I just sat and relaxed, read a lot and talked with Shannon. It was amazing. Laila was pretty well behaved but get's a little obsessed with the lures and wants to bite them, we don't let her get close and we are trying to train her not to and to just lay down in the boat. She was getting it after awhile. She is such a sweetie. I am quite in love with our big girl:) Fishing trips are something i hope to go on more of. It's so nice to be out in nature like that and just enjoy the peace and quiet and the disconnection from the world.

I challenge you all to disconnect one afternoon of the week even and just get outside and enjoy nature with a friend, boyfriend, husband, wife, girlfriend or even a family member. Just get out there and take all the beauty of nature in.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.