Social Networking Detox Day 3

So this is the last day of my Social Networking Detox. I was some what productive today but I did a lot of resting because of the shoot. Today I watched the movie Watchmen, I thought it was pretty interesting and it had deep message at the end. Sacrifice for survival is what I got out of it and there were some other points too but it took me a while to catch on with who was who as far the affiliation with the Minute Men but it made sense about 30 min into it. Overall I thought it was good movie. Later I did some straightening up around my room. Organized some production notes that needed to be done and prepared some things I need to mail off for tomorrow.

The three day detox seemed to be a bit helpful because I know in the back of my head I would probably be on Facebook or Twitter instead of doing some of those other tasks. In conclusion I've noticed that the urge to be on Facebook and Twitter was there, but I also noticed that taking care of business and not being in front of a computer screen or on the phone is a great thing. I communicated with one of my other friends, Amber and got her feedback and she said she accomplished a lot of things like talking to family and shopping but she too had the urge to get on to Facebook. Another one of my friends, Bianca said she got a lot accomplished at her job. It really comes down to a control issue. You have to ask yourself can you monitor or control how long you stay on either of the two sites and if not is it a serious issue that prevents you from doing other things in your life? Is it more of a distraction then it is a tool? Just ask yourself that question. You know yourself better than anyone else and if you're not sure if you're on a social site too much just look at how many posts/comments you've made within a day. Remember Time is always of the Essence.

On that note I end my blog post with this video my cousin sent to me this earlier this morning. Enjoy! Social Networking Video (video is below as well)

Social Networking Detox Day 2

So on Day 2 I had to work. So I didn't really have that much free time but when I did instead facebookin' it up I was more social with my PA brothers and other crew members on the job. Overall the shoot went well it was a music video for an up and coming artist by the name of Kesha (pronounced Kay-sha). The song is Tik Tok, you can listen to it here: click here.

I also met a teamster (people who deal with transportation on shoots) by the name of Max. He just moved out to LA and ironically he does public stunts. He was explaining to me what he does and the latest thing he created which is called the MX-311 Water Bullet. It's pretty cool you can check out his youtube video of it here and his website is http://www.maximuswillhammer.com.

Social Networking Detox Day 1

So if you don't know, I 've have decided to do a little experiment by doing a little detox. I have asked some of my friends to participate in this experiment as well. The detox is to let go of the Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for 3 days and to record what you did throughout the 3 days.

I noticed that I spent a lot of my FREE time check my facebook page or twitter page, updating my statuses or posting things for hours at time. Yea it was my FREE time, but I felt like I could have been more productive doing other things. So that's the story behind it.

Today, on Day 1 I actually got caught up on some new music by searching some new mixtapes that were posted today but I wasn't to fond of them. I did some reading online and found out Bow Wow just got signed to Cash Money which I though was interesting and I finally got up and washed whatever dirty clothes I had but the majority of my day was editing this 2011 animation video that I'm creating for my fraternity. I've been working on this thing for about 2 days off and on but today I really took my time to focus on it. I keep changing my mind on how I want to format it as far the layout but it's slowly coming. I might post the 30 sec rough draft I have of it. Until then I continue my Detox Day 2 tomorrow. I'm scheduled for a 6:30 AM call time so I have to get to bed. PEACE!