Lynse Leanne

This week has been an incredible week at the All Access conference. Although we didnt have internet through most of the conference it was still a blast. I thought it was funny that the Compassion Team in Indiahas a better internet connection than we did in Raleigh, NC. Just saying it is funny. No 3G cell coverage and only sometimes Edge and wireless that cut in and out which made the Live Mogulus and Live Blogging a little difficult….but for the next All Access Conference it will be better.

as i was thinking about the fact that i was getting to the point that i could cuss because i couldnt get online, i couldnt update twitter, i couldnt blog i realized how ridiculously connected I am.

What would the world be like if we disconnected from time to time? What if we found the off button to our phones, our ipods, our computers….what if God is speaking to you and me each second of every day (which he is) and we miss it because of the noise in our life?

As i type this and try my best to vomit on the page i am listening to music, sending my husband a text message and have the news playing on the tv in front of me. Overload….

Chad and i have been talking since i came back from my 40 days off of Social Media and my week long vacation with rare cell phone and internet how i should really take an OFF DAY. when i say that i mean turn things off.

So we devised a plan…we have this extra phone number that someone used to use and they dont, so we just pay the 3 dollars it is a month to keep it. because in case of emergencies i have to have a phone, but i will use that number and the only person who knows it is Chad. I will be turned off and totally unreachable.

I like the idea of that. i feel like it is a step in the direction of Mondays becoming a true sabbath. No technology…that means no blog, no twitter, no facebook, no iphone, no computer….disconnected.

So starting this Monday i am instituting what i am calling “technology free days.”

What can you do to disconnect?

Hi, I’m Lynse and I am a nervous traveller. I don’t mean like I am scared that someone is going to take the plane or anything like that. I am just really OCD when I travel.

Packing in a carry on stressed me out. The travel rules like the 3-1-1 rule make me nervous. What about my hair wax? So I just might as well check my bag.

Today I am travelling to north Carolina to go to the arc all access conference. I will have links for you all this afternoon, but I am challenging myself with packing and not checking my bag.

Also I will check my ID and wallet about 5 more times before I get to the airport. because what if I imagined seeing it. Haha.

I am nervous. And it is just a dumb bag. Really?!?

What does travelling do to you? Are you a good traveller?

Monday I will be departing Birmingham, AL and heading to Raleigh, NC for the ARC All Access Conference. I am super pumped about it and everything that we are going to be doing and learning while we are there.

I am telling you all for several reasons….

1….it may look a little different around here for a few days
2….i probably wont have any personal content up outside of ARC
3….my twitters, qiks and all other stuff will probably be consumed with ARC.

I ask that you would be patient, read anything you want and i will be back next Thursday…i am so excited about this opportunity to Live Blog and be a part of this awesome conference. ARC is a great church planting organization and a great church organization to be a part of. So click over to their site and check it out.

Have a great weekend and will see you next week.

I am sitting in the Highlands Creative Team meeting. And thinking about what my creative process is.

I am in a season where I am trying to refine my creative process. Try new things.

I think we all have a creative process and I am wondering what yours is. Do you read a lot of books or magazines? Watch a lot of movies or commercials?

What is your process?

As I have come back from my 40 days off of social media and then my week long wonderful vacation I am toying with the idea of getting my work email sent to my cell phone.

I have my pros and cons list but was wondering what your opinion is….

Should I get my work emails on my cell phone?