Interactive Distractive

Social Media Lesson #2: Interactive Distractive

Ever had a conversation that's interrupted because the other party has a wandering eye? You know what I'm talking about. You're dishing out the funny, witty and profound, but can't seem to hold interest because the person you're talking to is distracted by a younger, smarter and sexier little thing!@#!? This has always been a problem on dates, but now my friends are doing it too! Yep, I'm talking about mobile phones and the world of social media. 

Just a few weeks into my rumspringa and I've already been caught up in a social media trance! Distracted by what I was doing remotely, I quite literally forgot about reality and got burned!!! 

Adamant about exploring social media, I decided to wet the appetites of my friends with a little food porn! So I'd tweet, facebook and instragram while baking cookies. I tweeted about the ingredients while I mixed up the batter, facebooked an image of my messy kitchen drenched in flour and when the first batch of cookies was ready... I upped my game and used instagram to add impact before I tweeted and facebooked my photos! Impressed with myself as a burgeoning photographer, I got so enthralled in art directing my photos and tweeting every step of the way that I burned the second batch of cookies. My remote ruined the reality of my cookies. Damn you social media!!!

Notice the burnt row upfront

In summary, whether you're baking cookies or having a conversation, chances are that social media is posing a distraction. So make eye contact, pay attention to body language and notice all that's said without words because the cookie and convo aren't much if you don't have a mate to share it with.