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How do you spend your mornings online?
It’s a question that I ask professional groups when I’m giving a presentation. Here’s how they often answer:
- ~ almost everyone raises their hand to answer that they logged-on to Facebook that same morning.
- ~ about half as many raise their hand to indicate they have already been on Twitter that day.
- ~ everyone answers that they have already checked their email messages and text messages on their smart-phones.
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And now, with the launch of the excellent Google+, it seems whatever free time we might have had before, could now disappear altogether!
But really, I’m exaggerating for comedic effect. The truth is: there is enough time for everything. In modern life, scheduling has become both an art, and a science.
“social channels have replaced the town square”
So much reading, writing and viewing is in short-form now (for example, the majority of my videos on this site are under 1 or 2 minutes each) and that helps a lot.
Online Culture Reshapes Our Daily Lives
As a culture, our morning habits have changed dramatically. A hundred years ago, nearly everyone woke to check the weather outside, first-thing. Most of us were farmers back then, and the whether outside was the factor in determining our success and productivity for the day. Wow. A lot of change in 100 years.
Our modern culture is also much more transitory now. It used to be standard for 3 generations of families to live within blocks of each other. Now, however, many families move from state to state (and even, in some cases, country to country) for the next new and better job.
Socially, this means that social channels have replaced the “town square.”
Professionally, it’s now essential to have a dynamic digital presence. Certainly, social media has become imperative for business owners, consultants, and entrepreneurs of any sort.
But it’s also becoming true for employees of any kind — including those in civil service — in order to keep your professional reputation marketable and relevant. The way we do business is changing! What do you think? Are Facebook and Twitter time-sponges, or time-savers? What about Google+? And lately there’s been a lot of buzz about Pinterest — do you think you could add a fourth social channel into your already busy daily routine!?
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I tend not to check any social media first thing in the morning, it can be a distraction to my workout which is at 5am or so but do check it while I’m getting dressed for work and randomly throughout the day. Some of the posting are inspirational which can be a pick me up & some are friends/family needing a pick me up.
It can be time-sponges especially when the “breaking news” of the moment is trending but at that point you have to have a little self control to turn it off.
Social media is now the same as cleaning my teeth, I do at least twice a day, without thinking about it. I just do it.
Me, too, Mike! My online social activities are now “muscle memory.” I take a photo each day and share it. It keeps my inner-artist alive!
I enjoy staying connected with clients and friends alike through my social media channels. My intentions are not to just broadcast facts about real estate but to engage them with actual items of value.
I was guilty of checking facebook and blogs before starting work but now I try to make it a reward in my 5 minute breaks on the pomodoro technique
Facebook can be a great way to get a feel for the tone of the day. You can create lists within your “friends” allowing you to quickly access recent posts from specific groups of people (work, friends, family, etc.) Good way to sort and customize all the self-reporting, letting you access the info you want with out having to wade through everything.