It's no secret that since I've had an iPhone, I have struggled to be present in the moment. Just ask my wife. There have been countless occasions where she's given me the nudge or the "What you doing, babe?" question, which really translates to "Put your phone away."

The real problem is not that I engage with social media, but rather I'm not engaged with my actual life happening in front of me. 

"With one eye on our gadgets, we're unable to give our full attention to who and what is in front of us-meaning that we miss out on the details of our lives, ironically, while responding to our fear of missing out." (Lori Deschene, Using Social Media Mindfully, p.133)

While I have gone between extremes of deleting social accounts to near social addiction, I have landed in a place where I believe the answer is intentionality with social media.