The Unspeakable Power of Calm

June 1st, 2009 by Easton Ellsworth

Do you ever feel frustrated by a sense of eternal restlessness, particularly when working on the Web?

There’s an endless ebbing, flowing ocean of content to navigate. It’s always raining and pouring more ones and zeroes, a downright deluge of data that never relents.

I know what it’s like to feel overcome by the flood of it all.

The streams and memes, the passwords and profiles, the alphas and betas, the announcements and contests and promotions.

Deadlines, deadlines.

Expectations and writer’s block and stat tracking and following the latest news from anywhere and everywhere all at once.

It’s miserable unless you force yourself to just calm down.

Oh, the unspeakable power of calm. Oh, the unspeakable power of it.

Can you do something for me? Just for a second?

Stop, please. Just stop.

Shh. Listen.

Okay, hold it right there. You’re not holding still enough.

CALM DOWN.

The Internet’s not going anywhere. Just trust me on this one.

Forget about Twitter. Forget about Facebook. Forget about your inbox.

Let’s take a minute, one full minute, and just remain calm and quiet and breathe.

Only by letting your eyes rest can you set your sights on a higher purpose.

Let go of the idea that you’re on some kind of treadmill with no off switch.

Let go of the worry that you’re always missing out on something that’s happening on the social Web.

Let go and take some time each day to calm down. You’ll be much more successful in whatever you’re doing with blogs and social media. It’s so worth the time.

What makes you frazzled online? What calms you down?

photo by B-art-Man

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