1. You only eat at restaurants that have free WiFi.
2. You can no longer remember your childrens’ names, and simply call them DS1, DS2 and DD1. In real life.
3. You get misty-eyed at the mere thought of a new i-Phone app for Twitter.
4. Every time you sign your name you put an @ symbol in front of it.
5. The only news you get is from your friends’ Facebook updates. “Tom is tired,” is not really news.
6. When your mother calls and asks how you are, you tell her to watch your YouTube channel.
7. Your kids leave comments on your blog like, “Feed me, I’m hungry” and “I ran out of clean underwear last week.”
8. The first thing you do in the morning is check your email, your blog, your feedreader, your Twitter account, your FriendFeed account, your LinkedIn account, your Whrrl account, your Facebook account and the 23 Ning networks you belong to. It’s noon already? Where did the time go?
9. Your self-esteem takes a hit every time you lose a subscriber or a follower.
10. The most intimate thing you’ve said to your husband in weeks is, “DM me.”
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Colleen, this is great! My favorite number 10. Ha!
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I would add …
#11 You take a quick break from being a labor coach to tweet and facebook the progress – because you KNOW everyone wants the intimate details of your life.
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Colleen Stout Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Terry I can’t tell you how many people I know, myself included, that had babies recently and updated their blogs, Twitter and Facebook while they were in labor. I was typing until they took my computer away so they could take me to the OR for a C-section.
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Terri-that is great!
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I knew I needed a break… I just didn’t know why.
Part II of this post needs to be HOW to take social media break. Help! I’m addicted
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Mom Spark Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hi, my name is Amy, and I’m a social addict.
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This is a great list, I recently started on Twitter. I can see how it would all become too addictive, not that I’m an addict I mean I could stop anytime I want, seriously. Oh, no. Now my Hubby is going to see this & call an intervention. I should stop typing while I’m ahead.
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I flippin’ love this post…
How about this one…
My daughter is constantly replying to me with this phrase:
“Oh that’s totally going on facebook blogger!”
(She’s 5, and doesn’t realize that facebook and the blog are 2 separate things! THE NERVE!!)
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Mom Spark Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Hahaha, “facebook blogger,” that is awesome.
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Whew… don’t feel too bad, I only do a few of these, but I am adding new ones every day. My son has asked on several occasions, ‘are you going to blog about that?’
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My husband likes to say, “Guess what I heard today?” Me, “What?” Him, “Twitter is going to be canceled.”
It always makes me crack up.
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Too funny. I am a new addict and already have fallen prey to many of these.
Too cute. Great post Colleen!
I might add a bullet point to number 10:
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Great post Colleen. I am a new addict and have already fallen prey to many of these.
I wait for my kids to do something “bloggable” or “blog-worthy” and my camera is always with in reach.
I would add a number 12.
If you find yourself taking the extra time to snap pics of every step of what you are doing so you can write a quick How To or in MomSpark’s case a fast No-Brainer you may need a social media break!
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Amy Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Haha, no-brainer recipe!
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Thank you so much for the laughs! I need an intervention for my twitter addiction. Hmmm…maybe I could find some help for myself by browsing around on twitter…. Yeah, good idea…
LOL!
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HYSTERICAL!!!! thx Colleen for penning and Amy for posting!!!
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omg when did you sneak into my house and see me living #8 and then how did u know about #9 (I HATE THAT I CARE!)!!!
LOVE this LIST!!!
xoxo
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I had to LOL at putting the @ symbol when signing my name. I have so totally done that more than once.
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Wow, you know me well ROFL!
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This is hilarious – I know a few who really do need a break!
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The sad thing is, I know I would be disconnected without these social media networks being an ocean away from family and friends. I {heart} them all!
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my name is Alli, and I am addicted to social media…GREAT post!!!
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Haha, cute post — some of these totally ring true (esp. the putting an @ symbol in front of your name… GUILTY!)
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That was hilarious!!! LOVE it! My daughter calls me twittermom or farmer Des just to irritate me. Maybe I have a problem?
Thanks for sharing,
Ciao
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Too Funny! I’m not on Facebook. My husband keeps trying to get me to do it, but I seriously cannot take anymore social media. I have a blog, twitter, and email. How much more do I need?
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How funny! I’m embarrassed to admit that most of those are true for me. Another one that I hear from my kids all the time:
“Are you going to blog about that, Mom?”
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Yea….. I think there should be something in there like:
“You go to work so you can have peace and quiet to get your blogging done”
Yep.. I get paid to blog… not really, but the school buses fix themselves right???
J/K
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oh no.
i need a drink.
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So cute. I am going to tweet about it, post it on facebook and possibly blog about it. LOL
It so bad in my house that my 3 year old plays games in facebook more than I do and she will sing a silly song that I will tape with the camera and she asks me if I am going to put it online at “the facebook”.
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