Its been 5 months now since I began what started as an accidental break from Twitter. And as the months have rolled on, I have increasingly wondered, "will I return?".

I'm still not sure.

I can say with all the business of life – between constant emails, txts, VMs, and then actual human interactions – a Tweet free life has been a less anxious one. I don't worry as much about conversations I thought I was missing before. I'm more present in the moment. I'm not pulling out my iPhone as much when there's 5 seconds of down time. I'm not wondering if someone will retweet that funny / clever thing I said earlier today.

I do see that there are opportunities to offer real value to people through tweets: "I have free tickets to give away…" "Today only we're offering…" "This article really inspired me…". Gifts can be given.

But those gifts seem few and far between.

The longer it goes, the more I like my Tweet-free life. But is there another side? For me, an individual, is there real value I could be offering via Twitter but just don't see the light?

Should I reconsider? Should I rejoin?

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