It seems as if everyone under the sun has a Facebook page. We spend countless hours liking, posting, uploading and commenting, do we not? It has gotten to the point that most people feel like they will fall out of the social circle without it. When did Facebook replace real life phone calls and visits? If everyone knows what is going on in your life how will they ever have anything to talk to you about? I heard someone say the other day "it ends up on Facebook just as fast as it happened." Isn't that sad? There is no privacy. Everyone knows your business 24/7. It's like having people peep in your windows to see what is going on but they never come to the door and knock.
We roll over in the morning, grab our cell phone or laptop and post a status. We leave the house and check in at every place we visit. How about an upcoming event? Yep there is something for that too. When did we start replacing birthday cards with a birthday post to someone's wall and clicking like to show we care about something. I find it quite sad to have found myself in this category.
I had an awakening over the weekend and found that I was in a Facebook daze. I couldn't see how much time it was consuming, how much hurt and suffering it was causing and how much I didn't need it as bad as I wanted it. I was actually becoming quite tired of the "life" I was living through Facebook. On Facebook everything looks happy, glamorous and the best of times. Social media portrays that everything is quite perfect, there are no problems and that a certain person might have the "life to live." Facebook might show that someone is having the time of their lives, are happy in a relationship or by the number of "friends" have a ton of people in their life. Boy can this be very untrue.
I found myself at a crossroad and decided to take a break from Facebook for as long as possible. I will only use it to share pictures that I really want to share or to post info related to this blog. This is why I started my Facebook page in the first place. I didn't care about popularity or to be nosey in others lives. I didn't care to let everyone know where I am or what I'm doing next. I found myself in a Facebook routine and I didn't feel good about it.
I have friends and family and those who want to talk to me can visit or call. They are the ones who still send or give me birthday cards. They are the ones who still go out on shopping/lunch/dinner dates. The only people who I want on my "friends" list are the ones who make the effort outside of the Internet.
I have come to the point in my life where I realize that social media should be a luxury and not a necessity.
