My Year of Going DARK

Forgive me Father for I have sinned, its been 1 year since my last Social Media confession post…

My sudden departure left a dark cloud; nay, a gray cloud over my disappearance… Where’d Alicia go? Why aren’t there any blog updates? Is she sick? Is her family alright? Is she knocked up? Gosh Darnit… did she die? Alicia, where are you🔊🔉… Come Back!
Not to sound all self-important, but it appears that I may have been missed.

Would you believe me if I told you that for the past 3 months i’ve been attempting to put pen to paper and write this post? It’s true I have, but I literally could not get through it. If I’m honest, the main reason for this blockage is because I had/have serious trepidation about getting back on social media. I went dark for one year (reading that aloud makes it sound like such a long time), but man oh man did time fly by. What spurred this on? It was my absolute need for a break from both the frivolous content that I’d been posting and that which I’d been ingesting (more the latter than the former… but I digress). I was tired of being drawn to my phone every five minutes to check status updates and fill my head with information that was irrelevant and unnecessary. Out of this frustration came an idea for a more meaty project which I’m so excited about and can’t wait to share with you very soon.

So what did I do for an entire year without SM? Well, I can only describe my brief hiatus as having been incredibly humbling and fulfilling. For the past year, I have lived a life of PRESENCE (that is, fully immersing myself in whatever experience I was going through). I’ve enjoyed significant achievements, and true growth accomplished in large part by limiting my distractions.
Full Disclosure: My time away was never meant to be this long. It was my intention to work on the project I referenced above, take a long-deep-breath and come right back. However, along the way I received a little surprise, the hubby and I conceived a child. Yes, I said it, we happily got Knocked-Up… and what better time to immerse oneself into new beginnings, deep research and taking time to adjust to a new normal than the impending birth of a child.  Since that time, I have gone through a full pregnancy and delivered a baby… You read that right, Alicia had a baby, (it still seems surreal to write that).

I can go on and on but in the true style of a Catholic confession, here’s a look at my sins I mean my life over the past year with much more to come…

Until Next Time…