Technology's affect on Presencing - Being Present

So technology can connect us and distract us, I'm finding today.

I often leave my email open on days when I'm "at my desk" and check it frequently. Does this keep me immediately in the know? or is it keeping me from focusing on something else I'm choosing to be with?

Of course, when I do this - there's hardly any incoming email that really needs my attention... lots of offers for training and other information and solicitations.

There's a lot to look at on the internet - hard to believe that when we started Ah Ha! 13 years ago, it was relatively new to have a website and we didn't really know how to find sites that were out there. Now we can't go an hour without this amazing resource of information, ideas, inspiration... and distraction (facebook, twitter, shiny things, articles, etc.).

I guess it depends on how we use technology and in our choice of how we are spending our energy and where our focus is.

Sometimes tuning out allows us to tune into ourselves.

I'm still in an easily distracted space and I love my technology. Our family computer has been in ICU and rehab for the past several weeks and we all really miss being able to quickly pop on to find out something, check in with friends, check on work or school, etc.

And the phone (old technology, but technology just the same now that it goes with us everywhere)... Linda just called to tell me she emailed! :) Makes me smile. So I can check in on the email for a meeting tomorrow and make sure we're all aligned on our topic... that's a help for keeping us focused and present!

Thanks for witnessing my rambling... more from me to come.

Susannah