Don’t be guilty of information overload. Remember knowledge is worth nothing if it is not being used.
Be careful. We can spend hours on the internet moving from one blog to the next (even though we love having you here) and not feel guilty about the time we spend doing it because we have convinced ourselves we are learning something but if you spend hours learning how to clean but don’t get up and do it, your knowledge is worth nothing.
Sometimes I wonder, when we feel sluggish or weighed down with burdens if, at times, it could be from information overload. We keep loading ourselves up with more knowledge and because we don’t use it we start to drag. Often, the minute we put something we have learned into practice we feel the burden lifted and we feel invigorated and excited.
Get up and put something you have just learned into practice today.
-Jill
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Wow. You are so right! I have been taking a break from Facebook for this very reason. I think we assume that we have to try and know all that there is on any given day/topic. The fact is that our world has become a place where you could sit and “learn” (or just be filling your mind with useless information/scare tactics) every minute and never reach the end of the information available! The previous generations didn’t have to have self-control in this area, but I think it is essential to having peace in our minds. “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.”
Great advice
I’ve actually started doing that, just saving a few blog posts instead of every one that interests me. I’ll implement the idea that I’ve learned, then look at the next one 
Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 
This is a very good point. I know I have been guilty of looking over blogs for hours and neglecting my responsibilities at home. However, it is a relief and blessing to be able to have something “constructive” to do on those really bad fibro days (like today). It makes it easier for me to bear the intense pain, overwhelming fatigue, and “fibro fog”. Not sure how much info I retain though. Thank goodness I can bookmark important pages to re-read later.
I know what you are talking about Ashley. When I write these things it is usually for “normal” people. I do the same thing when I am sick. Also when I am normal I don’t watch much tv but when I am having a bad or sick day I just veg in front of the tv to try and dull the pain so I know what you mean.
Also, everything you read is not always true or beneficial. Many things are slanted to get you to think a particular way. Much news reporting is like that. One good thing I did learn in school is the sentence, “Just because it’s written in black and white doesn’t mean it’s true.” That is something I never forgot, and found to be true. Too much junk knowledge causes stress too.
I agree! I spend too much trying to find as much information as possible on solutions, ideas, recipes, etc.
I’m going to try and limit how much research I do for every little thing. Hmm, and now that I think about it, I’m going give up my excess use of the internet for Lent.
Thank you for posting this!
I was thinking about this last night and remembered someone once told me that God is the only one meant to know everything. We can’t do it even if we try. There is conflicting information on just about every subject. Pros and cons. People for and against. So it just makes it harder to make decisions when you are always looking things up. Wastes precious time too. I think the loveliest people are simple people, who have simple faith, and just believe without reseaching every little thing about their faith. Some of the most uneducated people in previous generations had such simple faith and peace. They believed God would help when they prayed, and knew it wasn’t totally up to them to bring about a solution anyway. They counted on God. There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom too. Wisdom comes directly from God. You don’t need books or the internet. God gives it to you through prayer.
Bea,
Your reply was so well said and so beautifully written. Thank you for the reality check. Can’t tell you how I needed it. I spend way too much time researching, reading blogs (why do I trust people I don’t know and who are probably out to make money) and getting further away from myself. I believe we all have what we need within us…now I just need to stop the distractions and live from my soul.
Living on a Dime is a great site for tips on frugal living, and I really appreciate Jill and Tawra’s ideas. Other sites, however, make you feel stupid and scared if you don’t follow their eating/financial/spiritual/etc advice.
The internet is indeed a dangerous place where we can get lost, and where we can lose more than just time.
I catagorize my blogs.
Dime is for fun and conversations.
TBnews network is to agravate many other readers as I post my thoughts on the subjects.
Living and working in China I do for my son as it is his blog. I go and tell him where his spelling and gramar are wrong.
Lets get Happy is for the same reason but he also has great advice. I guess I say that because a lot of it is what I taught him all his life. Other seem to really enjoy reading and commenting on the site. It is nice to see your children doing things well.
I have my own blog which I am attempting to get popular. It is called What does grandma know. It is full of original childrens stories and advice for grandparents and parents alike.
I also have 1 political blog that is fun to read and discuss with my husband.
Other than those it is newspapers. If we got all of them in print the house would be over flowing.
Don’t have TV or radio except in the car and even then it isn’t all that often. We prefer music to chatter.
blogs take about 3 hours out of my day longer when I hurt and need distractions.
overload? probably but not enough to make me stop.
We turned off our t.v. about 7 months ago, and it has made a real difference in our lives. We do have a radio, but I usually only listen to the news ans weather in the morning and then turn it off the rest of the day. I may turn it back on in the evening for the news. I feel much more calm, and I accomplish so much more. My husband never read anything but the occasional magazine, but he now reads books. We both read our Bible every day. I find that being in a restaurant with a t.v. too much! I would like to have t.v. for the news, weather, and PBS, but this has been so good for us.
good going Rachel.
We got rid of TV about 3 years ago. The only times I miss it are when the Christmas movies are on. But I have found a lot of them on the internet so that helps.
I rarely turn on the radio and find out the weather on the internet as well. The weather reports no matter where you get them are usually wrong anyway.
We are big time readers in our family and my husband saves money on buying books by reading books online. We both have ereaders full of free books we have downloaded. Don’s is actually a tablet so he carries the computer around in his shirt pocket. Great for grocery day when he sits in the van and reads and I don’t have to rush.
I don’t know if I get more accomplished but it sure is a much more relaxed way of life.
When the grandchildren come we put on the cd’s of fraggle rock and some older shows and they have a good time watching them and laughing at some of the stuff we used to watch with our sons.
People I have told that we don’t have TV think we are weird and out of touch with reality.
I just think we have another type of reality without the soap operas which most shows have turned out to be.
Grandma, yes, we get that look of shock from people when they find that we don’t have t.v. It is just so funny! They cannot even imagine living such a life. I love movies, so I am collecting DVD’s. I also borrow movies from relatives, friends and the public library.
I totally agree! Watching the news can be sooo depressing. I try to just listen to soft music in the baackgroun-something light and cheerful. It seems to help me focus better and work harder.