Saturday, March 29, 2014

Forsaking Facebook

Sorry that you're missing these beauties while I'm off facebook.
I'm not exactly forsaking facebook (I am always drawn to phrases with alliteration), I'm just consciously uncoupling from it for a month.

I love facebook. I love feeling close to my family members, even though we live a country apart from one another. I love seeing pictures of my nieces and nephews the same day that something exciting happens. I love keeping up with good friends, and catching up with long lost people who matter to me. I love seeing funny stories and interesting news. I love it when something I post gets lots of "likes." I love bragging about my awesome kids.
So why am I leaving? Because I don't love how much time I end up spending on facebook, even sometimes putting off my kids while I finish posting something I think is witty or reading something I think is important. I don't love analyzing everything that happens in my life to figure out how to turn it into a facebook post. I don't love getting caught up in drama that shouldn't matter. I don't love being misunderstood because my writing doesn't always convey what I think it does. I don't like worrying about the opinion of people who have no direct impact on my life and shouldn't matter as much as I seem to think they do.
Not sorry you're missing this beauty while I'm off facebook.
I have been facebook free for two days now and I have to confess, I haven't missed it.

4 comments:

nancybay said...

YaHoo!

Paige Bennett said...

If you were on Facebook you would know about the Hilarious, Awe-dropping opening hymn of our Sacrament Meeting this morning-of which I was the inadvertent instigator as the organist...just saying!

Paige Bennett said...

and by the way, this is not Paige but me, Chari

Kristin said...

I need details, Chari!

Mom - sometimes I think your view of my life is a little warped.