It has been exactly one month since I posted on Mister Nifty. The reason, I took a media fast. You’ve heard of fasting I’m sure. I decided to stop intaking videos, movies, blogs, news, magazines, radio, and any other form of media so that I could focus more on the more important things in life like God, my wife, church, family and friends. It was a journey that has changed my life. I found after taking those voices and noises out of my head, I was able to think clearly and I accomplished a lot that I needed to get done. I was not on information overload all day long. The cloud in my brain went away.
I found that media of any form affects our lives whether we like to think it does or not. It produces temptations in all forms for us to get our minds off what God wants us to be thinking about. The point is, we can’t get so caught up in techyness that we lose out on the simpler things and spiritual things in life. By no stretch am I going to become a hermit. I have decided to leave some forms of media out of my life because I’ve seen how pleasant life is without them. I challenge you to examine your media intake and look how it is affecting your life. You might be surprised!
