{"id":2976,"date":"2013-05-08T15:22:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T22:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hootnannieblog.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2013-05-08T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T22:22:50","slug":"the-future-of-hoot-n-annie-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/hootnannie\/2013\/05\/08\/the-future-of-hoot-n-annie-and-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Hoot n Annie and Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted this comment on my personal Facebook page (Matt Browne) yesterday:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m thinking about getting rid of our\u00a0Hoot ‘n Annie<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Little Browne<\/a>\u00a0Facebook pages. Instead of spending the time updating 3 different FB handles I would just do this one. We’ve been downsizing in life with stuff and bills and all that, now I want to attack the things that absorb so much of my time. I look at all the non financial stuff as mental or emotional debt…and I don’t like debt. Time to do an audit. Any thoughts?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And the response was more than what I expected. As of right now it only had 29 \u201cLikes\u201d but if you include all of my responses to people there were 116 comments. Granted, some of those comments were goofy and playing around but still, that\u2019s a fair amount.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the deal, it\u2019s really hard to take care of two full time blogs and my personal blog that I have now neglected for far too long. In addition, I take care of 8 social media handles on sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, and Instagram that are mine or ours\u2026like Hoot n Annie and Little Browne. In addition to these I take care of at least three other handles on a regular, consistent, or full time basis\u2026these are ones that I do for others and receive payment for. At times there are some others but I am not counting those since they are not regular.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This has really soaked up a lot of my time because I spend so much time researching, finding things to post, and interacting with people on each of those. In addition to all of that I write anywhere from 15 to 25 blog posts per month and that\u2019s aside from the writing I do just to write. Oh ya, I also have a painting company and work from home 4 days per week to take care of Sammy boy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I say none of this out of being negative or complaining, I just finally realized that I\u2019ve been too busy. Annie, Sammy, and making money are my priorities. Without a doubt I will continue this blog and the Little Browne blog because I absolutely love both of them and what they stand for. I am also massively appreciative of the community of people we have built around each of them\u2026you guys are nothing but awesome.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My thought has been to streamline and continue our movement of minimalism. We\u2019ve been doing things to make more money and spend less, use what we have instead of consuming more, and just trying to really simplify any and everything that we can\u2026it feels amazing. Part of this minimizing needs to include going over our time, our mental state, and our overall happiness\u2026the same way you would go over your expenditures. Sure, there is financial debt, but there is also emotional debt. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I have made no final decisions but I am still thinking that shutting down the Hoot n Annie and Little Browne Facebook pages would be a good move, as well as the Hoot n Annie Twitter handle. Annie and I would continue to post on our own personal pages so anyone that is not following us personally could feel free to friend us. Again, no final decision has been made but every second of my day, and yours, is important. There is so much information being thrown at us every single day and I not only want to better spend my time but I also don\u2019t want our information or story to get lost in the abyss. I don\u2019t want to be part of the overload of information on you or myself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More free time would allow me to spend more time writing which is what I love to do, and more time writing means I will get better at it and it will help me on my little journey of finding out who the hell I am and what my world is all about. Thanks again to those that gave advice on Facebook last night in regards to my comment, it was awesome. We shall see what final decisions will be made here in the next 30 days. Thanks again folks, I love all the conversation, thoughts, and ideas that go back and forth. Cheers!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever done an audit on your time and made adjustments? <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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