Why This Digital Church Leader Is Practicing Digital Minimalism

So, I have been dealing with calendar fiascos for an eternity now—probably a week at this point. But for someone who lives—nay, breathes—by their calendar, it has been one difficult week. If Satan wanted to mess with my peace, all he had to do was watch Chestly operate without a calendar. Yes, it's that bad. But something unexpected happened while I was almost losing my salvation over my virtual, punctual life. I began to realize the complete overwhelm of my digital footprint. I have 8 calendars, 3 of which don't like to play well with other platforms, a CRM, a project management app, all my socials, Slack, and a few more CRMish-type apps for invoicing…the list goes on. I'm sure I am missing one. Oh, and did I mention my socials. But social media isn't the only thing I am on. I contribute to multiple communities and design digital communities for a living as I help churches and organizations think about selling or communicating with their people and developing relationships with them. Oh, and there are those social profiles again. In fact, They keep sucking me in. And I hate every minute of lost time that I fall victim to. I have to work on my client's social media posts, but then the scroll happens…and there goes fifteen minutes.