10 Ways to Make Rest One Ambition

By Bonnie at Faith Barista

“When you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” ~ Victor Hugo I was driving around with friends from out of town, when we got on the topic of stress increasing in a social media saturated lifestyle. On top of the dailiness of work, family and friends, some of us are trying to blog, tweet, Facebook, return email and phone calls. I admitted that I had to cut down time on Twitter because “I just don’t have the bandwidth.” My friends burst out laughing at my Silicon-Valley-ite terminology. No, my internet connection isn’t slow or on the fritz. I was talking about personal margin, in my schedule and spiritual space. In a social media age where it seems there’s never enough time, how can we be “enough”?

Not Enough

One way the world tells us to deal with the stress of not-enough is: avoid it. Two culprits in a recent article caught my eye:

The Computer

“Studies have indicated that when people are in front of a computer they often exhibit stress responses, such as increased breathing rates and tense arms and shoulders. ‘Information overload is stressful and affects you physically’…

Facebooking

‘Social networking, like any relationship, can have an impact on your emotions,’ … adding that online news bites can sometimes, inadvertently, make others feel inadequate.

The post offered some practical suggestions, like turning off the computer and logging off Facebook. More Here…
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