It’s been two weeks now (or has it been three) since I started this social networking campaign. I never really participated much in Facebook or Instagram or any of the other social media platforms before this. There was a reason I didn’t spend much time in social media. I avoid social media because I tend to get lost in it. I don’t think I am alone in this.
I told myself that in promoting Bliss Creek and my other books I would not repeat that pattern. I would avoid the traps and only spend the time I needed to spend to cultivate my author platform. My visits to social media are strictly business, a necessary part of advertising and promoting my books. Nonetheless, each time I sat down to write a post or a blog as a “professional” person, I, once again, found myself looking at countless funny cat videos and planning my next big dream trip based on travel vloggers recommendations. Three hours later I come up for air and realize that half the morning is gone.
I thought to myself, I better figure this out and get ahold of these tendencies to be lead down bunny holes of social media. But how? This is something I will need to research. As any sane person would do, I began this journey of researching how to maintain focus and spend only the time necessary to accomplish my goals on social media. The problem was this information was ON social media. So, much to my chagrin, I found another bunny hole to get lost in. Hopefully this bunny hole will be more productive and not involve cats or bucket list trips. I will keep you posted – if I can find the time.