On May 1st, I will take on a new challenge. I will be abandoning my Facebook and Twitter accounts for 30 days! Let's remember the good old days!
I will however keep a journal during my "journey to a cure to stop Facebookinitis", none better than doing this through my blog! That is the only exception to the rule.
My Facebook and twitter accounts will remain active so followers can read live daily updates of my blog that are posted automatically on these two channels. I will not be accepting any invites, responding to any comments or messages (email notification turned off! tee-hee)
I cannot wait to start! I already am imagining the feelings and anxiety I will get from not being so connected to the world anymore. I will evaluate my anxiety and social levels daily.
You may be wondering what brought this on? May be thinking :"well, it's been done before..."
First answer: nothing. Second answer: maybe... But not for me!
I was born in 1989 so I have seen all possible brand new computers come out. I have sneaked out of my room to chat with a friend at night and got caught because of the dial up tone. I have experienced loss of connectivity due to someone picking up the phone, or missing important phone calls. I remember my friends getting high speed Internet and they got to download music and play games so much faster than I could! Then came the beginnings of MySpace (remember the max of 6 pictures?!) and msn messenger, hi5. I remember getting my very first smart phone that gave me access to email on the go! Then came along Facebook.. ( a girl from college had to confirm that I went to the same school she did in order to be able to join our college's network!) and all the changes that followed... And now in 2012, there is nothing we CANNOT do with Facebook and smart phones ad twitter. TWITTER! I can have an actual conversation with celebrities that I've known for my whole life, who never knew I existed!
All this is fantastic, but it's got it's downfalls. Facebook can seriously ruin relationships, friendships, credibility, and can also incriminate you of anything from cyber bullying to fraud and theft (bling ring, California). You cannot hide anymore. We are constantly wanting to see what someone is up to, post pictures and status updates, look up for long-lost friends or see what our exes are up to without us.
I love Facebook. Mostly because I can keep in touch with those I don't see often and see how they are doing. I can share pictures with family I don't see either. But honestly, I need a break.
Look at it as a form of therapy, or "rehab". I don't need Facebook to live, but I'm addicted to it! What happened to calling up a friend to see how they're doing, or sharing actual printed pictures from parties and stuff (I always made doubles!) (you will not be getting prints in the mail, rest assured)
I have a good feeling about this. It's going to be fun and entertaining.
So stay tuned! Again, Facebook and twitter will ONLY be used to automatically post my daily updates (which are automatically generated by blogspot, thank you )
See you in the past!! (I am having a michael j fox moment over here with back to the future..hmmm)
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