What could you do less of?
Oh my gosh! What immediately came up for me with this writers’ prompt was “scrolling short videos.”
Next, I thought, I’d better give it a little time, and think of something better. I took a little break and finished up some cleaning and decorating, and came back to my computer. What did I do?
Scrolled two TikTok and shared one to Insta!
Yikes! I got a problem.
Back in the 1980s, oh so long ago, I got quite addicted to MTV videos. Do you remember those? Back then, I didn’t have any furniture in the room where I had the TV. Not for financial reasons. I wanted to limit the amount of TV my kids watched. I figured that if they had to sit on the floor, they’d watch less TV.
Well, I’d walk in after breakfast dishes, turn on MTV, a watch a video. Three minutes couldn’t hurt for a quick break, could it. Just two minute more. Three or four videos. I’ll just sit here a couple minutes propped up against the wall. Whoops! It’s time to make lunch.
Now, it’s TikTok, Reels, and Instagram. Geesh!
When I started this addiction, a 30 second video seemed like an innocent bit of humor. I love Mr. Lindsey and his middle school memes. I love Josh Johnson and his humor. Ella Cordova cracks me up with her font humor. (Yes, she has Helvetica and Times New Roman bantering.) I got my own account and got some followers.
It’s gotten out of hand. I understand why these short videos are bad for kids brains. My attention span is getting shorter and shorter. Mr. Lindsay, I already get the whole 6-7 thing, I know what low taper fades are.
It’s time for me to get back to being a quarter-zip citizen. I’m not ready for an aura-neutral tone yet, but it’s time to be more demure.
