Want to Lose Weight and Curb Your Social Media Addiction in 2 Weeks? Change Jobs, Move and Welcome a Newborn …

Be honest, did you click over here for the weight loss, breaking free from social media or to see a picture of our new baby girl?

It’s been a fun and fast-moving time at the Ghali house.

There is so much I love about technology. Like the other day, Susan told me that our 3 year old Skyped with his best friend Matthew and they had lunch together. What’s not to love about that?

There is so much I love about social media. The last time we moved, Facebook wasn’t available to people without .edu’s. Though I wasn’t able to keep up with everything on Facebook/Twitter (and still haven’t played around with my Google +), we were able to catch up on a few things when we were able to login.

It was great to share about the news of Janelle’s birth on Labor Day. iPhones, Social Networking, hospitals with reliable and free Wifi (Thanks Winchester Hospital!) all worked together pretty well to help make this transition a little easier.

Over this past year, I do believe I have been able to be more responsible with my social media. Though i don’t think I’m leveraging it to its potential, I’m using it more as a tool than a form of entertainment (though the two are very related. When you login, you have no idea if you are going to click on something that’s going to inform you, move you, or make you laugh).

So how did I lose weight? I moved our way too many material possessions 215 miles away (had some help from some good friends like Jim Kuehlke, my in-laws, my parents and I hired a couple movers – they were great. Oh and one of these days I’m going to share about when Jim and I were stuck on the side of 84 with just about everything i owned in the back of a 26 foot U-Haul, at midnight, in the rain, waiting for the mechanic #funtimes).

As I find a life rhthym here, I’m excited to be a little more regular in blogging. I’ve missed the processing, reflecting, sharing and connecting. So far all is good – thanks for reading.