Time to Disconnect

Hi, everyone. It's Alexandra. Hope you're having a wonderful day. So today's video is taking time to disconnect, and I haven't been enjoying the last week of really getting clear about how I want to and choose to use the Internet and technology and what feels most nourishing for me. And as many of you know, this has been a conversation that I've been playing with for a while now, and I think it's a really important, important conversation. The more that I see all of us, especially us women, who are just online and pushing past the limit where it actually feels good checking your email. And I know men do this as well, but there's an addictive nature to being online and being connected. And I think there's something really beautiful about the Internet. And I love the Internet. I love email. I love all these things. I love being connected to people. I love the amazing people that I've met. But there's also something to be said for being disconnected from the Internet and connecting to ourselves, connecting to our loved ones, connecting to the life around us that is outside of our computers and our iPhones and the Internet. So having the discipline to actually get clear about what feels good for you and asking yourself the questions, like, why am I on my email right now? Why am I on the Internet? Why am I posting this on Facebook? And just taking those moments to pause and check in with yourself and see why you're actually doing things. I've noticed when I take that time to pause and say, do I really need to get on my email right now? A lot of times it's, no, but I'm so conditioned. It's just what I've done over and over, and it's become a habit that I want to do it. So if we can take those moments and ask ourselves, what is the intention for posting this? What's the intention for being on the Internet? What's the intention for going to this blog? And a lot of times if I ask myself, like, what's my intention for going on email or posting this on Facebook, I can get clear. I gain a lot of clarity of why I'm doing what. Why I'm doing what I'm doing. So the more that we can do that, the more we have an understanding of how we can actually create systems that help us flourish and thrive. So I think this is a very important topic. And if you have to be connected because you know your job or you need to check your email numerous times, that's awesome. Or you love, love to be connected all the time. That's wonderful. But I think it's really important to check in to see how you can create systems where you actually are productive. Because if we have our email open all the time and we're trying to do this and this and this, we're not actually focusing. So having times where you check your email, having times where you don't check your email and you actually do, you know, whatever your creative work that needs to be done. So creating these systems and these habits that actually help you flourish and thrive and feel nurtured I think is so important. So some of the things that you can do to play with this is maybe checking your email a certain amount of times a day, you know, three times, four times, whatever it is for you, or checking it at maybe 10am or 5pm or maybe taking a whole day offline where you just don't get on the computer, you don't get on the Internet. And then I think it's a really good practice to discipline ourselves to not being online. The world is not going to stop if we're not online. I know, I know this has been something that I've worked with is I don't want to miss anything. Like I might miss something or I want to stay connected. But the reality is we're not going to miss anything if we're offline for a day, if we don't get on Facebook for a day to ever, our life will continue to go on, we will continue to live, the world will continue moving. We just don't have to do it. So when you give yourself the freedom to challenge what you've always done and what other people are doing with the Internet and email and all of that and really find, find a way that feels good for you and then have the courage to actually do it. And I think it's a really, really powerful thing. So quick little video for you today. Assess your Internet time, see what your intention is for being on the Internet and really create systems that help you thrive and flourish. And the more that we feel happy and connected to ourselves, the better life is going to be. So the more that you can set up programs and habits and blissiplines that actually help you to become happy and thriving and centered and grounded and awesome, the better. So I hope this video helped and I hope you implement some Internet free disconnection time and I look forward to hearing how it goes for you. So have a beautiful day and until next time.