**In my Grinchiest voice**
Have you ever realized that our lives are noisy?!

Facebook notifications, IG stories, tv, and news apps alerting us to the latest catastrophe or political gaffe…It all adds up to a whole lot of noise!

And I recently realized that when life gets too noisy:

1. I miss the still small (most important) voice
2. I begin to believe and accept what the noise is saying
3. I live my life a little more stressed

So, I took a couple of days, and silenced as much of the noise in my life as I could!

Here were my rules:

1. No Facebook
2. No Twitter
3. No IG
4. No news apps
5. No TV (j/k I did still watch TV 😬)

Just a girl and her thoughts ☺️ 💭

And here’s what happened:

• I actually had a phone conversation
•  Remembered something that was going on in a friend’s life & checked on her
• Cooked dinner more than once!
• Worked a few extra hrs at work
• Took my dog for a walk
• Wanted to actually talk to people
• Decided that I’m adorable 😅🙈
• Felt more peaceful

And sure I missed out on a few news headlines and Facebook posts, but for a few days my life was quieter. And I was reminded that so much of the noise and busyness in my own life, I have the power to control..!

But bc I can’t live like a hermit forever and bc my friends statuses and posts aren’t going to like themselves (lol) I resubscribed to some of the noise, but this time I was armed w/ one simple reminder: never to let my life get so noisy that I miss the people, the moments and the conversations that really do matter.