Does Social Media have a negative effect on you? For example, ... 

After watching the video, please take the poll.  Then read below the poll so you can understand why I got so annoyed about social media and decided it was worth making a fool of myself! 

So, do you have the attention span of a gnat? 

 I was really amazed when I heard (what I thought had to be a crazy rumor) that due to social media the attention span of the average person was around 2 ½ minutes. Then in no time, it was rumored that it was actually in the seconds rather than minutes. I found it hard to believe until I decided to make a video describing the parenting book I had written. Due to coaxing from a friend that I had to get videos out there because that was “a must in today’s world”, I decided to give it a try.
So I produced a video that ended up around 3 ½ minutes. I didn’t worry too much about the rumor because I had confidence that people, for sure friends and family, would watch my video. Well, there were about thirty people who watched it at the time. I looked recently and it was up to 190 views. I was pretty encouraged, well, until I looked a little further in to the stats!  I looked at the length of time they watched it and was really amazed and honestly a little ticked!  Yup, it was an average of 9 seconds! 

I happened to talk to my daughter and I was expressing my frustration at the current attention span that I really blame on social media! I then started talking really, really fast and said, “Well I guess I am just going to have to make a video really fast like this so I can say what I need to say in nine seconds!” She was laughing so hard that I said “Well, maybe I really should!”
I went to work to make a video and ended up embellishing it a little. Then I chickened out because of the possibility of the PC police pointing their guns at me (in my head anyway) so I shelved it for a while. Well, it is time to pull it out of the cobwebs since I am writing about social media this month. I had decided I was going to wait and use it for a poll. So here it is! This video is the result of that conversation!                                                                             Please be a part of the poll and give your honest opinion concerning what you think of the video .     (So, if you are a member of my family or one of my friends, have you determined to never admit it?  :0)    If so, that's okay, I embarrass myself sometimes and this just might be one of those times!)

Just ask yourself these questions...

Is my attention span less? (that is what the video is about)
Do I get irritated easily at others response? 
Do I let responses change my mood? 
              ​Which effects my mood most, positive or negative comments?
Do you ever feel like your moods from Social Media actually carry over into your relationships?
Do you ever feel like you just have to have a "time out" from social media?

These are questions to think about...they might end up in another poll down the road.  

May Newsletter - I discuss why Social Media can be more harmful than the obvious reasons we hear about today.   I  discuss the importance of attachment and how social media is connected!                                                                                                        ​