Maybe I’m old fashioned. Actually… I’m sure of it. And not simply for the sake of being old fashioned. I like to think I have some well thought out reasons behind my decisions.
Today, I deleted my social apps from my phone. Also, while I’m being transparent. I have already written this blog and then accidentally deleted it… which is a shame. Because the first iteration was an absolute masterpiece. You would have cried, laughed, and surely altered the course of your life in response to the powerful words that I had written.
Unfortunately, those words are now lost forever. So you are stuck with these words instead.
I need space. And I need pace.
Space and pace. Space to pace. Pace in space.
I’ve quit socials today so I have more brain and heart space. This will also allow me to find a better, for me, slower, pace.
Over the past few months, as I have worked towards the release of my latest song, and those still to come, I have spent countless hours trying to figure out the role social media is to play in my life. I am told point blank that I can not have any sort of success without Tik Toc. I’m told I must post a certain amount of times. I’m told a lot of things.
Finally, I told myself something.
This isn’t about me. I know right… go ahead and sigh and roll your eyes and make your judgements. I’ll wait.
Are you done?
Good. Hear me out you jerk. it’s not about you either. But holy cow do we make it about us. I make it about me. I’m so blinded by it. How do I approach my relationships, thoughts, words, music, blog post, websites, emails in a way that is not about me? What does it look like for me to engage the word around me in such a way that my God is front and center. Can I do that on instagram? can I do that? this is a hard question for me. But i’m in the business of asking hard questions (like how do I rationalize having a savings account when Jesus teaches us not to store up treasures on earth…. yeah. I know).
So, in an effort to engage and wrestle with this question about social media, I have decided to try moving away from them. Let’s see what happens when I invite people to engage in a different way. You have my email address. There are contact buttons on this website. They go straight to me. I will be putting out music. I will be writing and thinking and striving.
By my hope is that this movement will be done in a way that can only be interpreted as God honoring. God inspired and God led. God first. Him through me. and if there is a question about this, I want it to be made known. By you, to me. I want to declutter and focus. this is how I am attempting to do this.
that’s all
rob
