Stream of Consciousness – week 9 #freewriting #SOCSaturday
Welcome back to another week of Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This is the time where I spend 5 minutes free writing. I want this to go up on Saturdays, so Iām generally writing this on Friday. Sometimes super early Saturday. Or Sunday, if thatās easier for you.
The rulesā¦.
1. Set a timer for five minutes. (Or keep tabs with your computerās clock.)
2. Write freely. Any topic. Whatever is on your mind. It doesnāt even have to be completely cohesive.
3. Tag on social media with #SOCSaturday or #SOCSunday and link up below. You have all day Saturday and Sunday to join the link up. It closes Monday morning.
4. Click around and give some comment/blog love.
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We’re on track for another busy weekend. Family is in town for the boy’s birthday and we’re having a few people over on Sunday for birthday festivities. It’s a good time.
The theme this year is dinosaurs. I had high hopes for all of the Pinterest-y things I could find. I’m sure the toddler will love everything (or nothing. He just wants cake.)
I love-hate Pinterest. I love the ideas I can glean from Pinterest. I hate how competitive I feel with the whole world over whether or not something is Pinterest-worthy. Do you remember when a birthday party was just a birthday party? When was the last time you planned an event without creating a board to store all of the cool ideas available online?
I remember the early days of Pinterest, and being wait-listed until they accepted my email address as a user. (I still sign in with my email – not Facebook or Twitter.)
I remember the early days of Twitter. When all of the conversations were random and informative. I still have some informative conversations, but it isn’t quite as random. There are so many sponsored tweets and ads. Very little conversation.
When are we going to bring back the old Twitter? When it was fun to talk to our pocket friends?
My pocket friends on Twitter or so much different than my Facebook friends. Maybe it’s because my Facebook friends are generally in-real-life friends and they aren’t into Twitter? I think I can be more fun on Twitter. 140 characters to be witty.
I like it.
Happy Birthday to your boys. Have a great time. I was late at the pinterest thing… I was afraid to get sucked in. But I do know what you mean about twitter.. miss the old twitter too.
Haha, I have no idea how we planned parties before Pinterest. I spend hours on there searching for ideas.
I think I would struggle with this activity. I could get it going after a while but it would take a while for me to get going.
Ah yes! The early days of Twitter where conversation WAS conversation. I rarely visit there anymore to actually read anything. I mainly just tweet stuff for companies now!
It took me a long time to get involved with twitter! And even know I don’t think I fully understand it LOL I use it way less than I use Facebook!
omg! I totally remember the old pinterest days, I still sign in with email too š
I have a love/hate relationship with social media on the whole. On one hand I love that the whole world is at our fingertips, we meet people from different countries, knowledge is abundant and things are a lot quicker and easier to do now, BUT, I think as a result of this, we’ve lost the human connection…the simple things in life. It’s a balance I’m trying to incorporate in my life right now.
I still try to be random on Twitter, but then I have no idea if anyone reads it, but sometimes I don’t really care. I do think it’s funny that we’re already saying things like, “Remember back when Twitter was…” Love it!
I don’t have a party planning knack, so I just make food, put up balloons, serve a cake, and give presents. There was one year I got real crafty and purchased a pinata. š It’s the travel boards that get me on Pinterest. I could peruse those for hours and be perfectly content. š
Since I live out in the boondocks, I enjoy social media like facebook, twitter, and pinterest. I could probably spend 24 hours a day just looking at the great ideas shared by others. Thanks for the wonderful suggestion about spending at least 5 minutes a week writing in a random mode.
To be honest, I really only dive into Pinterest when I have a school party. And now that I only have one elementary age, I don’t do it all that often. But there are some really creative types out there. And I am happy to absorb their ideas when I am in a bind. I do love Twitter. It’s so carefree. You can hop on and hop off. Interact with people on different subjects and not get bogged down like Facebook.
I have a love-hate relationship with Pinterest as well. There are so many cute crafts and great recipes, but I either don’t get around to them or they turn out nothing like the pin promised!
I’m a marketer, so I love social media as well as all other mediums! People just need to understand the purpose and realize you need to be part of the conversation, not the conversation!
I loved the early Pinterest too! I miss it.
I miss old Twitter too, one of the things I dislike about blogging is that I had to take something that was FOR ME and FUN and turn it into another business outlet. The same thing happened with Facebook, unfortunately. So many people expect me to accept their friend requests because we are in the blogging world together, or PR/brands friended me, so I had to make my Facebook no longer personal. The only social media outlet I enjoy anymore is Instagram. I do put sponsored posts up there now and then but I refuse to make it another blog outlet.
i also have a love-hate with Pinterest. Fortunately I haven’t been sucked in to do a board for each event
Children’s birthday parties can be such a chore! We did dinosaurs last year and this year was sharks. We had the party yesterday, and I am still recovering. Totally guilty of trying to throw a Pinterest-worthy party. I’m exhausted but it was awesome!
I think the same way about Pinterest as you do Twitter. I got on during the Beta stages and their wasn’t much there. What was there was a lot of good photography. But as we all know when a site becomes popular it becomes part of everyones social media strategy. While I still love Pinterest because there is so much variety than before, there is also a lot of useless stuff. It’s just the name of the game with social media.
I wish Pinterest was around when my kids were younger. I always Googled to find party ideas…..now I just go to Pinterest.
I still haven’t ventured into the twitter world, just don’t think I need another social media to keep up on š