Comments on: How do you stay grounded?

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By: Trisha Jackson

Trisha Jackson — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:56:15 +0000

Tac, actually, I've made it a point to do that! I have several discussion boards I'm on and always accept an invitation to local get togethers to stay in touch. While it can be time consuming, it's paying off in the relationships I'm building.

My husband keeps saying “do you really need a new friend? Now we have to *do* things with them” – hee hee.

By: Tac

Tac — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:17:46 +0000

Michelle, You mean you don’t check my site/feed daily for updates? lol

Again, family and especially little kids sure help keep you focused on what really matters, no matter how much you’re connected.

Great comment, thanks for sharing.

By: Tac

Tac — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:17:00 +0000

Michelle, You mean you don’t check my site/feed daily for updates? lol

Again, family and especially little kids sure help keep you focused on what really matters, no matter how much you’re connected.

Great comment, thanks for sharing.

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:28:44 +0000

Tac: This is a great topic and I wouldn’t have stumbled upon it unless you’d tagged one of my stories – I really have to do better at RSS feeds. Anyway, having a family & a life apart from work is what grounds me. My husband is an intellectual property attorney, former mechanical engineer and my own personal tech support guy, so he’s the early adopter of the family. My teenagers, ages 19 and 15, are both pretty hip when it comes to social networks, etc. – my oldest had a blog before I did and the 15 year old has a high-level “job” in an Xbox clan and claims he could compete on the professional gamers league level, which is kind of scary – so I can’t pretend to be cooler or more in the know that I am because they’ll totally call me on it. And my 7 year old is little enough that we still read books together; this spring we read “Stuart Little” and “Little House in the Big Woods,” and that that definitely grounds me. Besides family, having outside interests like reading, yoga and hiking with my dog, plus having friends who have nothing to do with my online pursuits grounds me.

For more on unplugging, check out Mark Glaser’s article on taking a weekly technology sabbath in his PBS’ MediaShift column:

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/06/digging_deepertechnology_sabba.html

Michelle Rafter

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:28:00 +0000

For more on unplugging, check out Mark Glaser’s article on taking a weekly technology sabbath in his PBS’ MediaShift column:

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/06/digging_deepertechnology_sabba.html

Michelle Rafter

By: Tac

Tac — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:36:20 +0000

I hear ya Chris. I don’t want to unplug for that very reason. I do want to make sure that I stay focused on what’s truly relevant. What’s going to stick around and what’s just a fad, but I still find it helpful to focus the noise or change frequencies from time to time. I think the echo chamber can get a little stuffy.

By: Tac

Tac — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:36:00 +0000

By: Chris Brogan...

Chris Brogan... — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:21:25 +0000

I’m not grounded. I don’t intend to be. I have the future to suss out, and then I’ve gotta package it back into things people can use today. I’ll let others stay grounded. : )