E - Vida

Now and then I hit a spot on my blogging journey that results in no posting. Whether its primary cause is busyness, information overload or simply and sadly the inability to string together a couple of sensible sentences - I still don't know. What it does create though, is an opportunity for me to get juiced up on other blogs (cue: writer envy) and remind myself of why I made the decision to blog in the first place, back in 2010. So if you've been checking in here regularly and you haven't found anything worthwhile, don't be alarmed. We are simply checking the wheel alignment and should resume normal programming shortly.

I am a self-proclaimed and accurately diagnosed sugar addict and I would choose dessert over dinner 90% of the time. There's just something sweet about all of life's lekkertjies ...Did I mention that in February when I gave up social media, I also gave up refined sugars? Sure I didn't because that did not go nearly as well or last nearly as long. Yesterday, after enduring  a kid's birthday party, a visit from a sister with a Cinnabon and the remnants of the Easter Weekend, I wasn't sure if I'd wake up this morning from my self-induced sugar coma. Scary! So this morning - after realising that I had in fact woken up (and given thanks for it) I decided that I have to make some guidelines for myself...and possibly go and get a few health assessments done after. In order to not make it blatantly obvious how I try to justify why diets are unrealistic, I will mix them in to the paragraphs - like a fruit cake ...oooh.... A little bit of sugar goes a long way:  St

On 18 February 2015 (not for Lent, but coincidentally so), I started my social media fast. I decided to take a break from the distraction, the unquenchable inquisitiveness, the easily accessible bragging platform and the inevitable comparison. All of which I am guilty of. Like I said, it was quite coincidental that it tied in with a period in the calendar where people participate in a season "of fasting, moderation and self-denial." Initially, I found it strange to not log on concurrently with my email programme and news source site first thing in the morning - since my fingers can do that even if my brain is not yet awake - and at times I listened longingly as people shared what had been posted or commented on since I had been gone. But in the end, I could tell that this was a good and necessary break from what is quite rapidly defining us - social media activity. In fact, I could recommend it and should probably encourage you to do it more often than just once a year.