So here's my confession 

This time, this time,

Don't just want you to love me

I want to be your obsession

This time, this time,

Want my name on the Marquee

I want you (To want me)

I want you (To need me)

I want you

To hear my confession

This video campaign is just so clean and sophisticated it has to be recorded here on my blog. Enjoy! :)

Here's a challenge I'm consciously trying to take on just recently.  I know most of the people close to me would freak out seeing the word DIET on my blog because that's not something I really have to deal with.  I mean I pig out and I eat sweets like a kid but I just can't seem to gain a pound for God's sake! Don't worry, this diet's not gonna take off any pound from my already skinny body but might actually gain me a kilo! :D  It's called Information Diet.  Below is an article that just gave me more reasons to take on this challenge NOW! Not just ASAP nor at my earliest convenience but NOW. It would definitely be ironic considering I have an online shop called South Sartorial (go ahead and check it out) and I get most of my contacts online, but I'm confident enough that applying what Steven Corona of Twitpic just did would make huge changes in my daily routine and the way I look at life in general.  It's true that hoarding information about totally random people on Facebook could use up so much of your time.  What can we do?  The information is readily available and is right in front of us?  Some do not even need to be there, if you know what I mean.  

I'm sure I won't have a hard time dealing with this challenge.  I've been trying to become more productive and focused lately and I'm proud to say I'm doing well. LOL! Go ahead and read the full article below.  I hope at least one, if not all of you, who get to read this post would be inspired as well.

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How 30 Days Without Social Media Changed My Life

The CTO of Twitpic going without social media for an entire month? Yeah, it happened. Steven Corona nixed Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and more for 30 days - and lived to tell about it.

30 days ago, I made the decision to give up social media for a month. Well, here I am, reporting that I'm still alive and that the past month has been life changing - the most successful month of my existence.

Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Hacker News were all on my blacklist, well - sort of. My goal for giving up social media was to create more value in my life, quit hoarding information, and appreciate the time that I spent with friends. So, full disclosure - I briefly used Facebook and Twitter 5 times during my haitus to pimp blog posts, and I'm okay with that, because it was for the sole purpose of sharing value (and getting more pageviews, duh).

From the beginning

The first couple of days were full of withdrawl symptoms - I'd open a new tab in Chrome and start typing facebook.com without even thinking about it. I missed my constant entertainment from Twitter.

It got better. I forgot all about Twitter within days. I still missed Facebook, mostly because it came up in conversation all of the time.

Hey, did you see the picture Ryan tagged you in.. oh, nevermind.

The benefits were immediately apparent. With a mind free to wander and explore, I started to create things, to make moves, rather than suck down a never ending stream of information.

I wrote

I've written more words in the past 30 days than I have in my entire life - well, maybe besides that year I took AP English. I have over 20 blog posts drafted that I'm working on tweaking to perfection. And I'm getting better at crafting words and articulating myself because of it. You have to flex the muscle to keep it strong.

I sat down and tried to figure out what creating value in my life really meant, and had a difficult time with it. James Altucher talks about writing down ideas everyday, so that's what I started doing. Forcing yourself to come up with 30 new ideas every morning leads to some good ones bubbling up to the surface once in awhile. Try it.

It lead to a book

I totally pulled a Tim Ferriss and advertised a book without having written a single word. My concept, scaling php applications, is for a unique book, which I'm qualified to write, but didn't know if it would be interesting to others. I created a landing page and rolled the dice. The feedback was incredible, thousands of people signed up and hundreds were so excited that they pre-purchased it to get access to daily updates. Right now I'm wrapping up Chapter 4 and the book will be released on July 1st.

I meditated

My old morning routine: wake up, check facebook, check twitter. It sucked.

With two huge voids, it was time for a revamp. I'm lucky enough to be able to wake up when my body tells me to, usually around 9 or 10, so I'm always well rested. Once I'm up, I immediately make breakfast, drink Yerba Mate (with a bombilla), and meditate outside for 5 or 10 minutes before updating my journal.

Meditating was one of those things that sounded good in theory, but was always difficult for me to keep up with. Doing it for a short interval is perfect and even in spurts I find it incredibly beneficial, it clears my head and opens me up for the day.

I built stronger friendships

Not knowing what your friends are doing every second is liberating. It's amazing how much you have to talk about when you don't have a constant plug into their life. I built stronger friendships and forged a couple of new ones, including a relationship.

Would I have made the same friends and started a new relationship if I was still on social media? Part of me can't help but think that the mystery of not knowing all the gory details that Facebook provides made them more intriguing to me.

I competed

Running has been a passion of mine for years. I love it. In some ways, I live for it (April 2012, I ran 3 miles every single day for the entire month). This month, I competed in a couple of 5Ks and even won some trophies.

Moving forward

What's my plan now? Well, I'm back on social media. It's nice to finally see "that picture that Ryan tagged me in". But I don't want to go back to my old routine, the new one is so much better. I love creating things - code, art, writing, whatever. I want to keep doing that, because the act of producing, being a maker, has changed my life.

If I want to read or post on social media, I will do it consciously and thoughtfully - so I won't be using Twitter or Facebook from my phone. And no more Reddit. Like, it provided absolutely 0 value to me. I love the information diet that I'm on and all I need to do is not plug back in.