My husband and I took on the challenge from President Nelson on a 7 DAY SOCIAL MEDIA FAST. Meaning not going on Social Media for 7 days. This includes Instagram, Musical.ly and all other SM platform we use. We only kept Messenger active so we would be able to keep in touch with our families from overseas. But if we didn't need to check or be on FB, then we wouldn't. So we committed to it. We started on Wednesday night last week til this Wednesday.
In our 7 day journey, we found ourselves strengthening each other. Studying and spending more quality time together reflecting on our parenting etc. We would spend most of our time deep in doctrine and learning. It's pretty clear why President Nelson has addressed the challenge to everyone especially the youth to take part in. In this life, we are so accustomed to being glued to our phones than actually interacting with people in a 'real time' experience. It was good to take part in such a challenge that opens your eyes at what you can miss when your head is looking down rather than looking up.
Since this challenge, a different view on Social Media has influenced on my every day decisions. Something we both have used to grow from and a challenge that we've both successfully completed that has played an important part in our progress that we dedicated our year towards.
- Corina Jane
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