There is a recent trend afoot that is irritating. People are telling their social media friends what they are doing all day and all night long. It's called TMI---too much information, and we don't want to really know every move you make.
Do we really need to know your every move?
Let's say you have 2,000 Facebook friends, and 3,000 Twitter followers. Do you realize that all of those people can follow what you are doing at any minute? Well, silly me, of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be on Twitter or Facebook broadcasting your every move, gaining FREE advertising, promotional value, and FREE marketing!
But do you also realize that ALL of those social media people are not your friends?
Many people just signed up with social media to be in on the action. And then there are the other people who are certifiable nutjobs. They will follow your every move, becoming your new nightmare. They might become your new stalking friend. (Remember the Police song, "Every Breathe You Take?")
There are also the people out there in the cyber world, who are just using Facebook and Twitter to make money. They will act like your friend, or possibly you are already friends with them. They want your business. Therefore, they will be very friendly, throwing in what they did today, and cleverly weaving a business quip into the mix, so that they can do more business , thus making more money.
Watch out for the dangers!
Just to make you aware, when you post something to an online audience, you can potentially reach millions of people. Facebook posts your likes in the sidebar. Friends of friends are able to read what you said. Okay, at least they used to do this, my sidebar is currently filled with boring ads. This means , many people who you do not know are potentially able to read, see, look at what you just said. So if you create a funny, sexy, titillating comment, someone you really do not know at all, will be seeing your post.
If you say, "We are going to Aruba two months from now." Well, some people will be happy for you, some will become jealous and a few, more dangerous types will find out where you live, and steal anything of value from your house. For all you know you may have had your so-called Internet friends living it up in your house for a fun filled two weeks.
Then of course, there's always the scammers, spammers, and email thieves who are just making friends with everyone they can to get more email addresses, Facebook information and online information to scam, spam and steal from you. So, be careful out there, my friend!
Why does nearly everyone think they are a star, baby?
What makes everyone think they have become celebrities? Realizing that celebrities are all over Twitter gaining thousands of followers, their lives certainly are more interesting than ours. Celebrities make millions to make a movie. We don't so all I'm saying is do we have to act like we are celebrities?
Do we really care, or really need to know that you got up early, went shopping, dropped the kids off at daycare, and have a full day ahead of you? Chances are----probably not.
Do we social media friends of yours need to know that you are currently sitting at a local pub with your spouse, drinking a certain alcoholic beverage? No, we don't!
Be responsible with your Internet media socializing. Don't bully your classmates, old friends, new friends. Perhaps the best advice I can give you is don't tell everyone what you are doing all day long. Don't tell your Internet friends when and where you are going on vacation--because--- oh hell they might want to go with you!And please don't tell anyone you had great sex last night (TMI!), or what time you're leaving to go on that vacation of a lifetime----because my friend, I might just show up at your house while you are gone! Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a professional author since 2004.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Dressing like a slob: It's the way to dress today.
Has anyone noticed how people are dressing like slobs? Something must be said for the 1950's and 1960's when people walked out of their homes, and looked in a mirror before going out. People dressed up to go out!
People dressed nicely, oftentimes wearing dressy clothing to go to a restaurant. Entire families were told to wear church clothing to go to Sunday mass. Men didn't wear hats indoors. Men took their hats off inside public places, and held it in their hands. It was expected of men not to wear hats inside of buildings---unless it was an igloo, a fishing ice hut, or an unheated garage.
When women went to the grocery store to purchase their weekly groceries they dressed decently, and wore makeup.
I noticed a growing, alarming trend of people dressing like slobs to go to restaurants. I started noticing this downwards slide of not dressing up to go out to eat in the late 1990's. Even though I was working full time, and had a small child, I always put on makeup, changed my clothes, and had my child clean, looking decent when we went out to eat---even if it was just to a pizzeria.
I've also noticed in the small town we live in that men and women are dressing like slobs. I'm seeing guys wearing caps, hunting hats, camo gear, work boots, ugly neon t-shirts, and what looks like we just got out of bed, complete with wrinkled clothing.
I understand that you may have just gotten out of work, and you drive a truck, but hello you're wearing a camo hat in a nice restaurant!
Have you noticed the recent trend where people are allowed to dress down to go to work now? Dressing like slobs must be the work handbook handed out when people are hired into their professional work places. I noticed while at my daughter's school for a teacher parent conference, the teachers were dressed like the students were. With younger student teachers gaining experience at high schools, sometimes it's hard to tell the students apart from the teachers. I was kind of grossed out to see a female teacher wearing a super tight top, with those low cut jeans.
Can you tell the salespeople from the customers at most retail stores anymore like J. C. Penny's Kohl's or Sears? Everyone looks the same, with retail workers dressing like customers. They don't have badges on telling who they are. Twenty years ago, J. C. Penney's employees were told to wear suits, and dressy clothing. Now retail employees can dress like slobs.
Teen girls are dressing all slobby-slutty. Must be the new thing where they all Facebook each other saying, "Tomorrow we are wearing our skinny jeans, and see through, low cut tops."And if they don't dress slobby-slutty, then they are dismissed from the group. For awhile teen girls were wearing pajama pants to school with flip flops. Now they're wearing super short shorts, revealing way too much skin. What makes these dressing all slobby-slutty is the I'm trying to be hip, and I'm my daughter's sister moms, dress like their daughters. Double grossness!! Does anyone need to see a woman going through mid life crises dressing like her slobby-slutty daughter?
Teen boys are wearing jeans that fall off their butts. Yuck!! When are teen and young adult boys going to stop dressing like they live in the hood? Then when they get arrested, their pants fall down past their butts!! This is one slobby trend I really don't want to see grown men doing----especially the ones with the fat stomach hanging over their pants.
If this recent disgusting trend doesn't start reversing itself, we are going to see men wearing pajama pants, flip flops, carrying their iPods, donning camo hats, construction hats, and see through construction vests, out in public places----like church or expensive restuarants! Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns.
People dressed nicely, oftentimes wearing dressy clothing to go to a restaurant. Entire families were told to wear church clothing to go to Sunday mass. Men didn't wear hats indoors. Men took their hats off inside public places, and held it in their hands. It was expected of men not to wear hats inside of buildings---unless it was an igloo, a fishing ice hut, or an unheated garage.
When women went to the grocery store to purchase their weekly groceries they dressed decently, and wore makeup.
I noticed a growing, alarming trend of people dressing like slobs to go to restaurants. I started noticing this downwards slide of not dressing up to go out to eat in the late 1990's. Even though I was working full time, and had a small child, I always put on makeup, changed my clothes, and had my child clean, looking decent when we went out to eat---even if it was just to a pizzeria.
I've also noticed in the small town we live in that men and women are dressing like slobs. I'm seeing guys wearing caps, hunting hats, camo gear, work boots, ugly neon t-shirts, and what looks like we just got out of bed, complete with wrinkled clothing.
I understand that you may have just gotten out of work, and you drive a truck, but hello you're wearing a camo hat in a nice restaurant!
Have you noticed the recent trend where people are allowed to dress down to go to work now? Dressing like slobs must be the work handbook handed out when people are hired into their professional work places. I noticed while at my daughter's school for a teacher parent conference, the teachers were dressed like the students were. With younger student teachers gaining experience at high schools, sometimes it's hard to tell the students apart from the teachers. I was kind of grossed out to see a female teacher wearing a super tight top, with those low cut jeans.
Can you tell the salespeople from the customers at most retail stores anymore like J. C. Penny's Kohl's or Sears? Everyone looks the same, with retail workers dressing like customers. They don't have badges on telling who they are. Twenty years ago, J. C. Penney's employees were told to wear suits, and dressy clothing. Now retail employees can dress like slobs.
Teen girls are dressing all slobby-slutty. Must be the new thing where they all Facebook each other saying, "Tomorrow we are wearing our skinny jeans, and see through, low cut tops."And if they don't dress slobby-slutty, then they are dismissed from the group. For awhile teen girls were wearing pajama pants to school with flip flops. Now they're wearing super short shorts, revealing way too much skin. What makes these dressing all slobby-slutty is the I'm trying to be hip, and I'm my daughter's sister moms, dress like their daughters. Double grossness!! Does anyone need to see a woman going through mid life crises dressing like her slobby-slutty daughter?
Teen boys are wearing jeans that fall off their butts. Yuck!! When are teen and young adult boys going to stop dressing like they live in the hood? Then when they get arrested, their pants fall down past their butts!! This is one slobby trend I really don't want to see grown men doing----especially the ones with the fat stomach hanging over their pants.
If this recent disgusting trend doesn't start reversing itself, we are going to see men wearing pajama pants, flip flops, carrying their iPods, donning camo hats, construction hats, and see through construction vests, out in public places----like church or expensive restuarants! Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Stop wasting time watching TV
Recently I made a decision; I refuse to watch much, if any TV. It is not worth my time to waste being held captive watching some boring, stupid TV show.
Held captive is exactly what it is. Unless you are doing something else, like my kids do where they play handheld video games, do homework, or listen to music watching ANY TV show is no longer worth it.
It is a complete waste of time. An hour long TV show, is actually only about 40 minutes long. Just think what you can do in twenty minutes;wash the dishes, go for a walk, get a workout in, go to bed earlier.
What did it for me? I discovered I was wasting two hours or more every morning by turning on the TV. I also discovered I was watching two or three hours with my family every night. Can you say, boring? Can you say, we are in a rut? No thanks! If my husband wants to sit in front of the idiot box for two or more hours every night, that's fine. But I think it is a huge waste of time.
Watching a half hour show, actually comes out to 22 minutes of viewing time, sometimes less when the show is really popular like The Big Bang Theory. The other day, the deal was cemented for me when I got up late one Sunday morning. I nestled into my comfortable chair after getting some housework done. I started watching a Weather Channel show. It looked interesting, because it was about the myths surrounding tornadoes.
I'd rather read about science and history rather than having someone explain it to me. This show aggravated me into turning off the TV, getting a shower ,and going out of the house.
Thank you Weather Channel!
Every new myth they mentioned had a long set up. They explained the myth, then toyed with it, introduced an upcoming myth and went to five minutes of ads. The show was 60 minutes long. It could have been 30 minutes long. After watching for 30 minutes, I turned off the TV. I had enough of the set up, the explanation, a preview of another myth. Then they would go back to the myth, review it, talk about it, like we just tuned in and have no clue as to what is going on.
That was it for me, I turned it off and vowed to not watch any more TV shows I really did not want to watch. No wonder people fall asleep watching TV.
Many people do two or three things at once, like getting the kids ready for bed with their favorite show on. We have cable TV, with a DVR where the shows are recorded and within 24 hours. We can watch the show, without commercials. Another way around watching commercials, and wasting time is to watch your favorite TV shows on the Internet. In my house, we just discovered Netflix and are watching movies and TV series in much less time. We also discovered it is cheaper to pay the eight bucks a month than to go to the store to pick up a movie. We aren't tempted to go into the store picking up a few things. We are also watching TV shows we want to watch some of which are very well done.
It is also incredibly awesome to watch a TV show in fifty minutes instead of two hours.
Who has all that time to waste? There are many other things to do like getting housework done, doing homework, writing, reading a book, or watching what you really want on You Tube, or reading a blog post without commercial interruption. I am no longer held captive by lengthy, badly produced TV shows, long commercial breaks, and advertisers trying to make a buck.
Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
Held captive is exactly what it is. Unless you are doing something else, like my kids do where they play handheld video games, do homework, or listen to music watching ANY TV show is no longer worth it.
It is a complete waste of time. An hour long TV show, is actually only about 40 minutes long. Just think what you can do in twenty minutes;wash the dishes, go for a walk, get a workout in, go to bed earlier.
What did it for me? I discovered I was wasting two hours or more every morning by turning on the TV. I also discovered I was watching two or three hours with my family every night. Can you say, boring? Can you say, we are in a rut? No thanks! If my husband wants to sit in front of the idiot box for two or more hours every night, that's fine. But I think it is a huge waste of time.
Watching a half hour show, actually comes out to 22 minutes of viewing time, sometimes less when the show is really popular like The Big Bang Theory. The other day, the deal was cemented for me when I got up late one Sunday morning. I nestled into my comfortable chair after getting some housework done. I started watching a Weather Channel show. It looked interesting, because it was about the myths surrounding tornadoes.
I'd rather read about science and history rather than having someone explain it to me. This show aggravated me into turning off the TV, getting a shower ,and going out of the house.
Thank you Weather Channel!
Every new myth they mentioned had a long set up. They explained the myth, then toyed with it, introduced an upcoming myth and went to five minutes of ads. The show was 60 minutes long. It could have been 30 minutes long. After watching for 30 minutes, I turned off the TV. I had enough of the set up, the explanation, a preview of another myth. Then they would go back to the myth, review it, talk about it, like we just tuned in and have no clue as to what is going on.
That was it for me, I turned it off and vowed to not watch any more TV shows I really did not want to watch. No wonder people fall asleep watching TV.
Many people do two or three things at once, like getting the kids ready for bed with their favorite show on. We have cable TV, with a DVR where the shows are recorded and within 24 hours. We can watch the show, without commercials. Another way around watching commercials, and wasting time is to watch your favorite TV shows on the Internet. In my house, we just discovered Netflix and are watching movies and TV series in much less time. We also discovered it is cheaper to pay the eight bucks a month than to go to the store to pick up a movie. We aren't tempted to go into the store picking up a few things. We are also watching TV shows we want to watch some of which are very well done.
It is also incredibly awesome to watch a TV show in fifty minutes instead of two hours.
Who has all that time to waste? There are many other things to do like getting housework done, doing homework, writing, reading a book, or watching what you really want on You Tube, or reading a blog post without commercial interruption. I am no longer held captive by lengthy, badly produced TV shows, long commercial breaks, and advertisers trying to make a buck.
Copyright(c) 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
New Morning Talk Show
My new morning talk show is really no talk show at all. Sounds kind of dull huh? Not really when you consider that I decided to take more control, initiative in my life and do more of what I want every day. That includes not watching any morning talk shows or boring, dull stupid TV shows where the hosts smile oh so happily, laughing about how happy they are.
We lived in a big city, moved 16 years ago to a mid sized city and now live in a small town in the country. We went from having bad talk radio and even worse local and national TV shows shoved down our throats every morning. I literally had no time to watch much if any TV when my kids were little and I was working full time; morning TV wasn't even a blip on my radar.
When we moved I started watching several morning TV shows, finding them dull as all hell. So I switched to local radio that was really horrid, until my husband got a seriously low paying job as program director/morning host and took down the other radio stations in town single handed.
When we moved to a small town I started flipping TV channels every morning attempting to find something interesting to watch while eating breakfast and starting my morning routine. I gave up. After seeing all of those happy smiling faces gab on about how happy they are on Good Morning America and seeing the demise of the Today show with Matt Lauer not talking to Ann Curry. Soon, I became depressed and started watching Morning Joe wondering why these people were even on TV. With the one guy blathering on taking over the show and the unprouncable female co host looking pissed off not saying a dang thing, I decided to not watch any morning TV.
No longer do I hold my TV in reverence. I do not watch any morning TV, because it is boring. To me it is a waste of time to sit watching other people babble incessantly about politics and how wonderful they think they are. Besides the morning radio in this town is so bad, and packed with local ads, I don't feel like wasting my time making them more money.
So after all of that ranting, my new morning talk show is no morning talk show. Instead, I jump online looking at my three favorite websites getting my morning news, breaking news, faster and more effectively than waiting for some talking head to throw another stupid teaser my way.
No thanks, I said months ago, finding more time in my day to get more important things done than wasting my mornings watching highly overpaid untalented Morning Joe hosts and Today hosts banter on about nothing. Besides who really needs to see Jon Bon Jovi promote yet another new album?
Copyright 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
We lived in a big city, moved 16 years ago to a mid sized city and now live in a small town in the country. We went from having bad talk radio and even worse local and national TV shows shoved down our throats every morning. I literally had no time to watch much if any TV when my kids were little and I was working full time; morning TV wasn't even a blip on my radar.
When we moved I started watching several morning TV shows, finding them dull as all hell. So I switched to local radio that was really horrid, until my husband got a seriously low paying job as program director/morning host and took down the other radio stations in town single handed.
When we moved to a small town I started flipping TV channels every morning attempting to find something interesting to watch while eating breakfast and starting my morning routine. I gave up. After seeing all of those happy smiling faces gab on about how happy they are on Good Morning America and seeing the demise of the Today show with Matt Lauer not talking to Ann Curry. Soon, I became depressed and started watching Morning Joe wondering why these people were even on TV. With the one guy blathering on taking over the show and the unprouncable female co host looking pissed off not saying a dang thing, I decided to not watch any morning TV.
No longer do I hold my TV in reverence. I do not watch any morning TV, because it is boring. To me it is a waste of time to sit watching other people babble incessantly about politics and how wonderful they think they are. Besides the morning radio in this town is so bad, and packed with local ads, I don't feel like wasting my time making them more money.
So after all of that ranting, my new morning talk show is no morning talk show. Instead, I jump online looking at my three favorite websites getting my morning news, breaking news, faster and more effectively than waiting for some talking head to throw another stupid teaser my way.
No thanks, I said months ago, finding more time in my day to get more important things done than wasting my mornings watching highly overpaid untalented Morning Joe hosts and Today hosts banter on about nothing. Besides who really needs to see Jon Bon Jovi promote yet another new album?
Copyright 2013, written by Kate Johns, a freelance author since 2004.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
I gave up daytime TV to accomplish better things by Kate Johns
I decided to not watch ANY morning/daytime TV anymore. Every time I turned on the TV, I was watching more Tv, thus wasting time. As a writer who works from home, I need to write to make money. Currently I am starting a new business with my husband, and I am writing a book, (isn't everyone?). So I made the BIG decision not to watch any more morning or daytime TV.
I realized that I was wasting time every morning watching the news, morning TV shows, and comedy later on. While eating meals I turned on the TV, ending up watching TV for an hour or two. At first I was doing great. I sat down to eat, watched 15 minutes of news and turned off the TV. I realized about that I had morphed into this super lazy person who was watching an hour or more of TV every morning. I discovered an entire world of bright, happy faces telling how wonderful life was. I started following Robin Roberts, (Good Morning America), cancer survivor story.I laughed, and cried at the funny things Ellen was saying. I started relating these funny, oh so happy stories to my husband at night after eating dinner. Essentially, I was not accomplishing anything major. What I discovered may help you accomplish more in your life:
1. I was wasting several hours a day watching TV.
2. I was not reaching my goals.
3. I was not writing anything I really wanted, and needed to.
4. I was gaining weight---in all the wrong places.
5. I felt stupid.
6. I knew all the Infomercials by heart----how sad is that!
7. I was not accomplishing anything positive everyday.
8. I knew what every morning show was on between 7 and 11 every morning.
9. I discovered I was complaining everyday about my crappy life to my husband.
10, NOT watching the morning news, complete with people arguing I feet happier.
11. I started setting REAL life goals for myself.
12. I feel better about myself----already!
Now that I am happily upstairs writing and working all day, I feel better. I am accomplishing more real life goals. I am not watching hours of mindless TV. I do not miss TV news. I do not miss anchors and authors of new books arguing with each other. I realized I was helping Ellen De Generes's career grow, while ignoring mine.
I am spending less time watching TV and less time chattering incessantly with my Facebook friends. Instead I am currently planning, and working towards a new marketing/advertising business. And yes, I'm still writing my book. Isn't everyone?
COPYRIGHT 2013!!
I realized that I was wasting time every morning watching the news, morning TV shows, and comedy later on. While eating meals I turned on the TV, ending up watching TV for an hour or two. At first I was doing great. I sat down to eat, watched 15 minutes of news and turned off the TV. I realized about that I had morphed into this super lazy person who was watching an hour or more of TV every morning. I discovered an entire world of bright, happy faces telling how wonderful life was. I started following Robin Roberts, (Good Morning America), cancer survivor story.I laughed, and cried at the funny things Ellen was saying. I started relating these funny, oh so happy stories to my husband at night after eating dinner. Essentially, I was not accomplishing anything major. What I discovered may help you accomplish more in your life:
1. I was wasting several hours a day watching TV.
2. I was not reaching my goals.
3. I was not writing anything I really wanted, and needed to.
4. I was gaining weight---in all the wrong places.
5. I felt stupid.
6. I knew all the Infomercials by heart----how sad is that!
7. I was not accomplishing anything positive everyday.
8. I knew what every morning show was on between 7 and 11 every morning.
9. I discovered I was complaining everyday about my crappy life to my husband.
10, NOT watching the morning news, complete with people arguing I feet happier.
11. I started setting REAL life goals for myself.
12. I feel better about myself----already!
Now that I am happily upstairs writing and working all day, I feel better. I am accomplishing more real life goals. I am not watching hours of mindless TV. I do not miss TV news. I do not miss anchors and authors of new books arguing with each other. I realized I was helping Ellen De Generes's career grow, while ignoring mine.
I am spending less time watching TV and less time chattering incessantly with my Facebook friends. Instead I am currently planning, and working towards a new marketing/advertising business. And yes, I'm still writing my book. Isn't everyone?
COPYRIGHT 2013!!
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