Let’s Take a Moment to Unplug

Hands up if you find yourself picking up your phone every 20 minutes? How about every 10? How about every 5 minutes? If you are an 80s baby like myself, you probably spent time in chat rooms with dial up internet that took 5-8 minutes to hook up and then once you reached college age, you had a MySpace account that played your favorite song of the week anytime someone visited your page. Facebook was only a mere social media holder that gradually grew as a tool to spy on your ex’s OR your ex’s new girlfriend or boyfriend (let’s be honest, we have all done it). How fascinating to me, that social media has become such an amazing tool through Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat etc, to help aid the growth of our interests and our networking. This can be an amazing tool while, without balance, can be a distraction from what is going on around us.

I have realized over this last weekend of those little moments with my son that shows me how smart and funny he is, the opportunity to grow relationships through conversation, and moments to strengthen my intimacy with my husband can be easily put on the back burner due to my distraction of my social media accounts. So it was such an eye opener and amazing experience to coincidently not have service during our camping trip with just the 3 of us at Sunlakes Resort in Eastern Washington.

During this “unplugged” time, we laughed, we ate, we jumped off of decks into the lake, we talked, we built a camp site together, we played miniature golf, we ate ice cream, and we just were “being together”.

The best part of our trip!

Sunlakes Resort is such a perfect spot for families, and caters to all of those “camper” type needs. There are lakeside cabins to rent, RV hook ups and perfect spots for tents. The three of us shared a little tent that was just so perfect for us to listen to the night sounds and look at the stars while we fell asleep. Just a short three to three and a half hour drive and you will arrive to the resort where I right away, changed into my bathing suit and dragged (well, Tony dragged) my floaty to the lake so I can float around on the lake. 

This is my heaven! 

Our resources make it SO EASY for us to be distracted and to pick up our phones a lot. I just valued and enjoyed every moment with my boys during our camping trip and I just want to challenge you just to take a moment to “unplug” and just be. You do not want to miss out on those important relationships in your lives!

Have a great work week everyone! 3 day weekend is coming up soon!

XOXOXO

Tiff