I'm giving up Facebook (from here on out referred to as FB).
I am not deleting my account or anything, but I am down to checking it about once a week and hopefully I can get that to once a month. I have deleted the apps from both my iPad and iPhone. I like having the ability to keep in contact with friends and family, but other than that I am beat down by it.
I found myself spending too much time worrying about what others are doing, I took it personal when close friends went out and didn't invite me (that is definitely the pregnancy hormones - that's just silly), and I just "checked" it constantly. Again, I found that I was wasting a considerable amount of time Facebook-ing.
Don't get me wrong - I love congratulating people when they get engaged, ultimately get married, and then expand their family when they announce they are expecting, I like seeing pictures of my nieces and nephew, and staying in touch with those that live far away - but for about the 70% of excited news I get from FB, I get 180% negative news (yes, I know those percentages don't add up, but that is how FB makes me feel). It is just beating me down (did I already say that?).
So, if you want to know what is going on with me find me on Twitter (@McGowanLacey). I am not very Twitterliterate so I don't work that form of social media often. You can also find me pinning recipes to Pinterest. If I am not in either of those places or I am not responding to you in a timely fashion, e-mail me, call, or text. That is the fastest way to reach me.
I am going to blog more. One of the most important people in my life told me during Christmas that she really missed reading my blogs. Well, here you go Aunt Tonya, here's my first blog (of hopefully many) of 2013.
Happy New Year, to you and yours!
Thanks for the blog. You have always been a gifted writer. What you can do with words I can only dream about. Your Grandma would be proud of your gift. She was very good with words as well (for only having an 8th grade education .) So keep up the blogs, I hope one day you will get to a really good novel. I love you and very proud of you.
ReplyDeleteI am feeling the same way. I am cutting back and I am planning on giving it up for Lent this year. I find myself feeling down about how I am doing as a wife and mother. I feel that it is probably because you can appear to have everything together even if you don't and you compare how you are to how people appear on facebook. I'm glad you plan to blog more. I too enjoy reading what you write and I am hoping to blog more myself!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about Facebook being a drain! I get so tired of all the negativity and people bickering at each other about whose political views (or otherwise) are wrong/right. Then I think I'm going to read some motivational from a homeschooling blog or on Facebook or Twitter and all it does is make me feel like I'm failing as a mom/wife/teacher. So I have gotten to where I will read some of the stuff on Facebook but skip over a lot of it and just avoid what I know will irritate me. That even meant I had to quit "following" my own aunt on Twitter. But it was what was best for me. I look forward to reading your blog! :) That's one thing I like about reading your past blogs (yes, I totally trolled all over it!) is you don't only portray the best things, or give off the persona that you are perfect and everything in your life is perfect. You talk about the good things but you also talk about the bad/depressing/not great things that is going on as well. It makes others see you as human and perfect the way you are, not what we all have in our minds as "the perfect mom and wife". It's refreshing to see that you put out there the good and bad!
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