Defining Your Relationship with Screens

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Josh posted on Instagram a few weeks ago about his changing relationship with social media and his phone. The post had many people asking questions related to what he is learning, with some even asking him to talk about his experience on a podcast episode. Alas, this is that episode.

In a world so driven by social media and technology, we don't recognize how enslaved we are to the things that keep us from being fully present in the moment with others--especially our loved ones. In this episode, Josh talks about two significant ongoing practices that have helped him show up well and inch closer to his true self: daily rhythms and ordering his inner world.

Josh talks about:

* The definition of "continuous partial attention" and the negative effects it can have on your children.* The importance of recognizing the root of your busyness and what is taking you away from time with the Lord and loved ones.* The power of doing the one thing that will help you show up as the best version of you.

Show Notes:

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PRAY AS YOU GO APP: A daily prayer session, designed for use on portable devices, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst traveling to and from work, study, etc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GABB PHONE: A phone designed to protect kids while keeping them connected to family and friends. It gives parents peace of mind because it doesn't have the internet, social media, or games.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LECTIO 365 APP: A daily devotional resource that helps you pray the Bible everyday.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LIGHT PHONE: Stay connected without the distraction. For those looking to spend less time on their phones and more time engaged with the world around them.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Whereas when I was away from it for three months, what was happening to me is I found myself being more present locally.
0:06.4	I found myself hanging out with people more often. I found myself being truly present with those people more often.
0:14.1	I found myself asking questions of those people more often, as opposed to talking about ancillary things like the weather
0:21.0	or what's going on in the world or that type of thing. I found myself asking questions about
0:25.7	the person sitting across from me. You are listening to the Famous At Home podcast with Dr. Josh
0:32.1	and Christy Straub. Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know that we were famous at home.
0:40.3	Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast. Today, I want to talk to you about a post I put on
0:47.0	Instagram, which is totally ironic because I haven't really been on Instagram that much.
0:51.4	And the posts that I made, I got a lot of questions
0:55.4	about it, but also a lot of people saying, hey, would you do a podcast episode on this?
1:01.3	I'd love to hear more about what you're doing with social media and that type of thing. And so
1:05.1	I'm going to read you the Instagram posts that I made. I posted a picture of our family and you can check that out.
1:13.0	Joshua.strab is my Instagram. Not that I'm trying to promote it or anything because I'm actually
1:17.6	moving more away from it than I am to it, but you can check that out. But I'm going to read you
1:23.1	the post and then explain a little bit about what I've been learning because I've just found that people are curious.
1:29.7	And I think we're curious for a reason because I think that silence and solitude and getting off of
1:36.9	social media is actually, there's something, and again, this isn't speaking ill will of social media, like that we shouldn't be on it at all.
1:46.6	That's not my stance.
1:48.3	But I think there's something about living in the moment, being present at home.
1:54.1	That is really powerful as it relates to our relationship with technology and social media.
1:59.6	And it's not even fault just with social media. So you may not even be and social media. And it's not even fall just with social media. So
2:02.0	you may not even be on social media, but you might still have issues with email or checking
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