Social Media

I’m sitting alone on my patio this morning eating breakfast. And behind my house there’s a canyon, but before you get to the canyon there’s a hill and the hill is landscaped. Because either: a. This is Southern California and so we need to manicure everything to within an inch of its life; or b. [...]

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Well hello there.  Nice to see you online. Here’s the deal:  You need us.  Twitter is totally the perfect forum for you.  For your sparkling wit.  For those lonely, bleak moments, chained to your cubicle, when you’re suddenly struck with the genius of your own humor. Only there’s no one around to impress share it with. [...]

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This is part two of the series in which I admit this blogging thing is a real crapshoot educational experience.  In part one I had just identified two distinct types of fear:  (1) the paralyzing kind; and (2) fear that frightens you terribly, but also feels like a risk worth taking. When I write something and [...]

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To really learn how to blog in a way that will change other people’s lives, I turn to lots of actual experts, including Havi Brooks and her blogging therapy series.  (Start here).  What I’m learning, as I dip my toes into the blogosphere myself, is how to change my own life.   Or maybe it’s [...]

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Sarcasm alert (uh-huh, even more than usual).  Maybe I’ll write a kindler, gentler version of this post when I’m in a kinder, gentler space. 5 ways to let social media suck the soul right out of you:   (Sidenote: this never happens to me, but I’ve heard it can be a problem) 1.  Drip water all [...]

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Part II of my social media initiation. Part I is here. Using Facebook as a window into other people’s lives sometimes unleashes my tendency to compare my insides to other people’s outsides. This is such a ridiculous habit. It’s like wondering why I’m eating peanut butter and jelly alone on the couch while I watch [...]

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I took the plunge and opened my Facebook and Twitter accounts today.  And what the *%$# took me so long?!? This is a bigger, badder, better question than I think I ever realized. I really didn’t want to be seen.  Gosh, that is so sad.  I can admit it now because now I’m actually happy [...]

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