Is there life after facebook? I'm not sure but I'm going to attempt to find out. On Friday, March 1st, I am going to deactivate my account. It has been said that your facebook account never goes away (and I find that hella creepy) but you can take a "Facebreak."
Why? For one thing I want to be more productive. I'm hoping to get more reading, writing, and painting done. I think this break time will be a good thing for me and my creativity, or as I'm calling it "Ending the Buzz." It's good to do that once in a while in order to reconnect with yourself and the world around you. I haven't done it in quite a while and I have to say (crossing my fingers), I'm looking forward to it.
I originally -and begrudgingly- got on facebook to stay in touch with my nieces, nephews, and other family members, and to share photos. Isn't that sad! When did we stop sharing photos with each other via email or snail mail, or *gasp* in person? Personal interactions with family members and friends have fallen by the way side because people are too ‘busy’ with work and other stuff, YET, we find time to upload photos to facebook? It just doesn’t make much sense to me anymore.
Facebook has become sort of a substitute for real relationships. It has actually changed my way of thinking because sometimes I've forgetten there are other ways to communicate. I miss the days when family or friends would actually call or we'd sit and have coffee -also known as "Face Time"- to catch up on our lives. Also, the anxiety and stress that I get from being on facebook just isn’t worth it any more. If someone “unfriends” me it's like a major blow to my self-esteem and I'd like to know why, but apparently facebook protocol says "you aren't supposed to ask." Recently, a most beloved niece blocked me from her facebook page because my comments/opinions were too personal and were upsetting to her and her facebook friends. After a week of much high drama, I decided to let it go (aka fuck it) but to be perfectly honest, I'm still feeling quite hurt from it all. Unfortunately, I don't believe our relationship will ever be the same.
I decided that it was time to take a break from the crazy making. When something takes up that much of my time, energy, and emotions in such a negative way, I have to stop doing it. I need to take a step back and work on nurturing and deepening the friendships I have with those who really do want to be my friend.
So dear blog readers (all two of you), I'll most likely be blogging more so check back often and tell me what you think. Ahhh, I'm beginning to feel at peace already.
4 comments:
I HATE FACEBOOK!! Glad to see you've given up the addiction.
It's been over two weeks now! ...Have the shakes gone away?
Actually Randy, I haven't missed facebook at all. Guess I'm not an addict after all...of course I haven't heard much from my family but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I'll probably be back April 1st but have decided to edit my friends list (I'm keeping YOU!)
Stay tuned!
BTW, what happened to all the Pick a Pope posts at your blog? Or is it just me? They've disappeared.
Thanks for keeping me Itsme:)
You’re right, I’ve been deleting things. The Pick a Pope blog entries lost any relevance they might have had pretty quickly so into the trash bin they went (and other things will follow). I think postings like Pick a Pope are better suited to facebook, so from now on I'm going to try to post current event items on facebook (and twitter), and limit the “notebook” to more lasting entries, like stories, poetry, ect.
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