It has been years since I have even thought about this blog. Honestly I didn't even think I would remember how to log in (turns out Google runs Blogspot, so no problem there). Not exactly sure what my intentions are getting on here and posting again, but I am extremely fatigued by Facebook and all the wonderful garbage it has to offer. So many people are on Facebook and using it for all their communications with friends and family, that I find myself almost feeling trapped to keep on it for fear of losing touch of family. But that entrapment is burdensome. So I guess I still want an outlet and I am going to give our old blog some attention, and just see what I do with it.
Maybe I am alone with feeling stressed from Facebook. I love that I can quickly find lots of people from my life and get a picture of how they are doing, but usually by the time I am done reading through my newsfeed I walk away feeling heavy. I can go from reading something really thought-provoking, to something that makes me laugh, to tragedy, and the whole host of woes that people are always sharing with everyone. All within a matter of minutes my emotions have ran the whole gamut. It is exhausting, and I am burned out with it. I have been cutting back for awhile now, stopping myself when I begin to feel the "have to check Facebook" need that that is baloney. And it is nice. To go to sleep at night and NOT need to know what everyone else is doing before they go to sleep. I want to disconnect. Because I have a feeling it will give me more emotional energy to connect with those who matter the most to me.
So here goes... A little less Facebook for me (and then I post this to Facebook... geez).
1 comment:
It's funny how people hundreds of miles away from each other that only talk once in a while can have extremely similar thoughts around the same time. I've been contemplating deleting my facebook for a while. I don't know when I'll take the plunge, but I assume I will at some point. There is so much garbage on there lately. So much sharing of stuff that I just simply don't care about. It's difficult because I truly like the people I'm friends with and love to keep up with them. I want more intentional communication. Some people that I haven't seen or thought of in 10 years, I really don't care if they know how I'm doing or vice versa. It's about re-establishing priorities, for me anyways. Yes, I hate how addicted we've become to technology, or even just social media. It's nice that communication has expanded across many platforms, but it's really taking away from the quality of relationships. All my own opinion. Obviously I don't hate everything, and it may be a while before I actually delete my facebook. But all this to say, yes, I hate facebook too. :)
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