Facebook has been a part of my life since my junior or maybe senior year of high school. This year marks ten years that I have been out of high school so that is about twelve years that I have been in a relationship with this Facebook site. My commitment to it trumps anything else in my life...besides running, and even that has proven to be an "on-again/off-again" relationship. It has changed over the years but it is still the basic concept, staying in touch with people. With the invention of the smartphone Facebook has only grown to be more popular and more accessible.
These are things you already know, I am not having breakthrough intelligence here that towers above anyone else. But I am realizing things about myself.
I am a slave. I have allowed myself to become codependent on a social media site. I have allowed others to hurt me by using social media. I do things because I think it will please the audience. When did I become so weak?
I'm with you Whit, I deleted Facebook for 4 months in 2014 and it was liberating. The only reason I reactivated it was because my Spotify account is linked to it and I need to figure or how to unlink them. I plan on deleting my account after the wedding. I want to be present in my life instead of glued to a screen, I want to engage in face to face conversation instead of hiding behind a keyboard. I want to run more and pursue my hobbies. I want to travel and not be worried about capturing the moment so I'll remember it a few years later.... Mostly, I want to collect memories, not social media friends/followers or pictures of places I've been but have only seen through a camera lens...
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear Alyse, Unfortunately I still hang on to it and don't know if I will ever be "brave" enough to delete it completely. you are right though, being fully present with those actually around it is worth way more than your personal stats on FB. Experience life for yourself, dont experience it merely to share it on social media
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