Information Overload Day is October 20!

That sounds like most days Kathy Streib 

Good morning, Kathy Streib it's often difficult to turn it off.... I've recently been backing away from online marketing....spending more time with offline marketing....

Hi there, agree we have to make choices. It's easy to feel bombarded, especially when spend a lot of time plugged in - so important to step away and clear our heads from all the "stuff." 

Kathy information overload is something I can relate to.  There is waaaaaay to much information to keep up with in the Mortgage Industry.

Kathy,

Ah yes! We found that all this information is a distraction from living one's life to the fullest.  Two years ago we cut cable.  We have always spent time in the great outdoors without our gadget (just the phone to take pictures with).  After I am done with the computer, I shut it down.   The gadgets stay in the office and are being charged.  When we watch TV, it is something we WANT to watch, like sports, or a PBS series, etc. 

Mercifully our relatives are not into sending a pix every day nor every other day! Neither are we.  At family affairs, no one takes the phone out to read their stuff,,,A

HI Kathy Streib - Great topic!  My overload is all work related.  Unfortunately, I am plugged in all the time. Because of the shortage of homes, I am constantly scanning the MLS for many of my clients. 

I do get out in the yard, plant flowers, pune and sweep up and this is how I regenerate. I leave the phone inside!

I think the 365 day a year, perpetual political campaign mode we now seem to find ourselves in, coupled with the divisiveness that is ripping the country apart, has many of us suffering from information overload.  If it was all good reliable information it wouldn't be so bad.  But, the mud-slingling half truths are exhausting.

In our business Kathy Streib  we need to stay connected .I agree wit Sheri Sperry - MCNE®  with the shortage of listings not being connected could mean losing that house for our buyer

More directly person to person .  is sooooo much better !

Indeed, Kathy. There are days that I feel the overload. I just clean house or go shopping with my sisters :)

Kathy

We really are assaulted by information 24/7/365 and stepping away can be tough, can’t it?! Sometimes it’s nice to not have access, which is rare. We were in Mexico a few years ago and there was NO service at all - 4 days of being off the grid. It was tough getting use to it.

Jeff

Kathy, I have learned to shut out all the nonsense... TV is only on for the Baseball Games and it is shut off after it... and the Internet is limited to AR, the MLS and limited news or claimed to be news...Endre

Morning Kathy.

I turn my phone on mute, and take a road trip, like today.  My wife and I are going to see the fall foliage

I delete, delete, and delete without reading all the "news."

As for TV, I'm saved from being bombarded by the fact that my husband leaves the sound off and reads the screen. I'm free to read a book without listening to it. Once in a while he'll say "Look at this" so I do.

Personally, I'm a fan of naps.

I'm going to take one right now.

I think a lot of the information thrown at me each day, if I chose to see it, is really fluff.  I tire of the same political news and perfect instagram photos.  I don't even look at twitter!

I'm betting everyone here has a bit of information overload!  When I tell my daughters that since 10 pm last night, I now have about 50 emails at 6 am, they just shake their heads.  I'm deleting and answering before I get out of bed!