BUT there is a reason for that, and that’s because I just
haven’t had all that much to write about lately. I’m adjusting to a life without Facebook
pretty easily. For most of the week I
had the impulse to update my Facebook status with inane and/or funny things
that I had seen or thought, but that impulse is finally dying down now. This week I’ve realized just how stupid some
of the things that I want to post are.
I’m pretty open about expressing my thoughts or the things that happen
to me (anyone who reads this blog regularly knows this from experience) and I
only ever share information that I feel comfortable sharing, but until I no
longer had an outlet, I didn’t realize just how much I was sharing about my
life, and I was a little shocked. I
wasn’t sharing anything overly personal and I never complained about my life as
a rule, but I was just sharing so much useless information that no really
needed to know or care about. I think I
was one of those people who tried to write witty facebook statuses in order to
get the most “likes” as if that was a sign of how popular or funny I was. This is kind of dumb, and I’m glad I can’t do
it anymore.
The times that I miss Facebook the most is when I’m bored
and not really doing much. It’s nice to
have something that updates itself rather rapidly to click around on, but when
I do have these feelings of boredom, I have often been finding better, non
technological ways of spending my time.
I read books and am putting together a 1000 piece puzzle. I also do things like bake granola bars and
put together large batches of soups and salads so that I have something to eat
when I’m on the run. I’ve also started
going on bike rides. In short, I’m doing
more interesting things off the computer now that I don’t have Facebook. It’s pretty awesome
One of the biggest changes that I noticed is how much I was
always talking to people while I had Facebook.
Even if I was working in a room where I was completely alone, if it had
a wifi signal (and chances are it did) I would periodically go on Facebook and
talk to someone. Yesterday I was sitting
alone in a coffee shop doing some work and I realized just how alone I was
without Facebook, I didn’t have my phone with me so I couldn’t even text and so
I was completely alone for the first time in a while. It wasn’t a horrible experience or anything,
but I was certainly struck by how often we are in constant contact with each
other and how isolated a person could be if they weren’t on facebook.
Because Facebook is the main way that most people my age
communicate with each other, I’m worried about a few things when it comes to
being off Facebook. Firstly, I’m
concerned about how out of the loop I’m going to be when it comes to events
around the city. I’m already facing this
difficulty and I’m a little afraid that I will be having a very anti-social
month without social media. Another
thing that I’m worried about is this blog.
I get a lot of reader traffic from Facebook and I’m expecting the number
of readers to go down now that I don’t have as many friends or family who know
when I’m updating.
What I’m most worried about however, is the fact that I’m
fundraising for the Light the Night walk in support of the Leukemia and
Lymphoma society and since Facebook is an easy way to get information out about
the event, I could get quite a few sponsors from my facebook friends. I’ll have time after the 30 days are over in
order to fundraise before the walk, but I’ll have to fundraise the old fashioned
(and more personal) way for a little bit.
But more on that fundraiser later.
One week in and my life away from Facebook is great. Maybe I’ll go away from it for longer!
~Nice Girl
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