Published: Wed 03 August 2011
By Wayne
In misc .
tags: 30 day challenge resolutions
It's hard to believe how quickly time flies and how many other things there are
that take your time when you're married with children. I remember when I got
home from my mission, and none of my friends were active online anymore. I had
no one to chat with, really. I didn't have a great gaming rig, either, so I
couldn't do much of that. And I was always upset because my brother would only
be on for a few minutes at a time, and then be gone. Most people I knew were
like that.
But now that I'm married with children, I find that we don't spend as much time
online as I used to, which kinda saddens me. We watch quite a bit of TV
(Netflix, really), and that's entertaining and kinda nice when I want to just
veg out. But I don't blog, or program, or listen to music much. And worst of
all, I don't do so much of that (or anything else) with my wife or kids. Of
course, temperatures in the "kill me now" range give me some excuse, but it's
still pretty poor.
Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, does 30-day challenges , and
while it's actually the 3rd, I think for the rest of August I want to watch no
TV, and instead spend at least 30 minutes a day with my Geekheart, and each of
my Geeklets, doing whatever they want to do that's not watching TV.
Yesterday my daughter wanted me to teach her to draw cats some more, but I
didn't. I don't really like the disconnected feeling, so here's to spending
more time with my family - not just around them.