media this

i was messaging with one of the moms
​in my community
this positive playtime mama
​aren't they cute?

she told me
she's taking the rest of summer
off from facebook
to enjoy summer with her kids

hhhmmmmm.....
that got me thinking

not only how much time i'v spent scrolling
but how much i'm not enjoying scrolling
lately

i'm only doing it 
when i'm so tired
and have no energy
for anything else

instead of resting
or sleeping
i'm scrolling

so when she said she got off fb
(and was able to keep messenger)
i got really excited
already feeling liberated

that my friends
was my 1st cue.....

the great thing about social media
is it connects us with humanity
babies growing up
and being born
weddings
anniversaries
deaths and sufferings too

we are one people
social media has the power
to connect us all

but we control it

as soon as it feels like

our phones are controlling us

the tables have turned

and i wonder 
is it a good thing?
is there balance?
where's the moderation?
and what are we modeling 
for our children?

for me 
it's a nagging feeling
like my phone
is always calling me
to look
just a minute
just one more post
just just just

one of the moms
in the power to the parents group 
i run to kick off the new year 
in parenting
said a child described
his mom on the phone
like she was frozen

frozen on a phone
ugh
is that part of parenting today?

my son made me a little note
with me on my phone
and a line through it
with a big NO!
sigh

for me facebook 
starts off as the parenting work
i love
but it's hard to stop there

whether i'm responding to a parent
or stuck scrolling
saying
"one more minute"
to my son
it gets old
for both of us

in my coaching work
around media
i work most often with moms
and developing a media plan for them
(not their kids)

let's face it
social media is some strong medicine
that can turn addicting quick
especially under the demands + isolation
of modern motherhood

and this august
i have some serious deadlines
to meet as i'm developing
my programming for parents
who are child abuse survivors

some of the most important work 
i have to offer the next generation
and work that makes me anxious
and that i often want to avoid
and scrolling is one way i can
guarantee i'll get nothing done
on the getting to gold project

so this month
august 2016
i've declared media free for me

​so i can enjoy the rest of summer with my son
to give him
- not my phone-
my focus
to feel free from a little device
for 30 days
and into the present moment
of life around me

and meet some big deadlines
in my work to transform
​the intergenerational cycle
of child abuse

would you like to join me?
to enjoy the rest of summer with your fam
to have one month of no "one more minute"
to live in the moment of here and now
and the world around you
-not the world within your phone

to connect with the humanity within you
just for one month
to take a media break
to be media free
it will be fun + liberating
join me!
(or modify it for your life
of 1 week
1 day
or even 1 hour
of media free)

if you're a part of the parenting for the next generation
facebook community
i'll be back september 5th
just after labor day
with renewed inspiration + ideas
to support you
in unlocking your inner wisdom + power
as a parent
so you can begin fall 2016
with empowerment + fun

​see you then + enjoy the rest of summer!

with love,
megan

p.s. i'll be posting weekly blog posts
so please visit me here this month!