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Do you ever feel like you can’t unplug from all of this digital media? I do! It almost feels like I’m mentally attached this thing. I wake up in the morning and first thing I have to do is check all the blogs I read daily, my email, and tweets. It’s not like this is my job and I have to make sure that things are going OK. I’m a stay-at-home mom, none of this is necessary for me to do my “job”. Granted, I have to check the email for my hubby’s website to see if there are order requests, but that’s it. That is all that I NEED to do.

I feel like this is some sort of crazy addiction. I have to be tuned in to what is going on, all the time. I try to give myself little breaks, and I put the computer away and make a conscious effort to not get on the computer, but then I think of something that I need to check. It always leads me to reading several other sites, and before I know it, an hour has gone by and I’m still on the net. Why is that? Is that addiction? I believe it is. Are there others out there like me? I’m sure that there are. I need my computer and my instant access!

Adding post from TypePad 2/8/08

There are so many social networking sites out in the vast interwebs, that it can become a bit daunting. At the present time, I use Twitter, Flickr, Seesmic, Livejournal, MySpace, Facebook, and Second Life. Isn’t that a bit ridiculous? I’m a stay-at-home mom and the highlight of my days, sometimes, is when my daughter uses the potty.

I’m not doing ground-breaking work, unlike some of the people I read about on my daily trek around the internet. Social media for me, and like other people, is a little escape from the monotony of the day. Granted, there are those that use social media for their jobs. Watching users post on Seesmic brought this to light for me. Wow, I would love to have a job that involves social media, that I get paid for.

Well, time to get lunch for my daughter, so this post will come to a close. Real life always gets in the way!

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How many will this be for me? I think I’ve lost count at this point. I’m always constantly jumping around, trying different things out. Things are moving too fast, in this technology crazed world, and i’m just try to hang on, as best as I can. Not sure what the purpose of this blog will be, but I’m sure it will develop into something shortly.

So, having spent days in bed with a horrible cold, i’ve been scouring the internet for things to keep me entertained, and i’m now completely consumed with social media. How many different places can I post information about myself? I need more pictures. I need more clever sayings. Is this lighting good enough for this video? It’s getting difficult to keep up with them all. As soon as I embrace a new social networking site, I seem to wane from another. The whole process is becoming very exhausting.

Now, I’m back, attempting to do the simplest of them all, just write!