Distractions

I was recently reminded by a student of mine that I had a blog.  She also reminded me that I have not updated this site in over a year.  Immediately, I was flooded with a little guilt.  I have always been terrible at doing things like writing a journal or taking notes even.  Unfortunately, the same issue has been true for my attempt at blogging.  I have a tendency to allow all the other things in life take over and compromise the activities that I would really like doing.  I suppose this is true for everyone.  I am guilty of  becoming detracted from the things that I deem most important in life.  I often allow experiences like Facebook, or simply checking the news on my cell phone take up mountains of time that could otherwise be diverted to something more meaningful.

I was painfully reminded of these distractions while viewing a video discussion on the blog, tinybuddha.com. In this video, "Tiny Buddha" founder, Lori Deschene, explores how social media can either help us hinder us  in forming meaningful, authentic connections.  This video really challenged me to explore all the distractions that I allow into my life that keep me distracted; creating a continuous stream of data that helps me avoid being present in my life, or for that matter, the lives of others. At any rate, I would like to post this video from the founder of "Tiny Buddha" for others to watch.  



After watching this, I would like to know what distracts you? What would you like to "exchange" for these distractions?