I am a slave of my computer

As I sat on my computer and looked around me, I could see that my home needed attention. A lot of attention! I had to do something drastic about how I spend my time- on the computer in particular. So I deleted my poetry blog. I found I was spending so much time on my blog and reading others’ blogs etc that I was not being the woman God wanted me to be. My own home was being neglected because I have such deilitating illnesses that limit my energy- I would be too zapped out to do what needed to be done after sitting on the computer.

It came to a head the other day when Chris mentioned that he wasn’t happy seeing my on the computer all the time. I felt really convicted to get off and devote only a portion of my spare time to it. Also it was causing health problems with me gaining extra weight and RSI and back problems. Not to mention making me abhor moving around more and getting my sick and tired old heart pumping a bit better. So I prayed about it.

I believe *for me* the answer is not to blog so much but put into action all the knowledge I have gained over the years and write about. I have trouble limiting my time online and Chris is now a lot happier- and I have more energy/time for our home. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing and then come to realise that what is even better is sliding down hill. Fast. I did love blogging and I do miss it, but not near as much as I would miss Chris.

I realised that my computer has made me its slave and that is not a good thing. I also realised that I was tearing my house down with my own hands instead of building it up. The trick is to stop being in denial with any addiction- (and the computer is an addiction for me)- and then address the problem. For me, it meant deleting the blog- a drastic action but one that has made Chris happy. So an hour a day is all the time I am allowing myself online- because one can have too much of a good thing to the detriment of something that is even better and that has eternal consequences.

(Even this graphic is too cute to convey the seriousness of being under bondage to my computer. )I will be posting once a week and responding to comments during that time. Thanks for understanding!

“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12