Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
I don't actually hate facebook. Nor do I hate the changes. But I recently decided to delete mine.
It started when I realized I was freaking out when my boyfriend (haven't come up with a clever nick name yet) wasn't rushing to add our relationship online. Like I just broke down. And he just asked me why it was so important and even though I had a few reasons, I realized they weren't really that big of a deal anyway!
Then it's like I started hearing about the fruitlessness of facebook everywhere: we talked about it in class, it was on the news, friends started complaining all the time. I realized it was more annoying to keep it than to get rid of it.
I stopped caring about people's updates and my news feed seemed cluttered so I figured it was time to at least purge it. But I've done that before. You know when you go through and delete a few people that you wonder why you added them in the first place.
But this time I got rid of a ton of people! And I cleaned out a lot of stupid "likes" I didn't care about and apps that were outdated. It felt pretty good actually. Like a weight off my shoulders. But I still decided to get rid of it.
It won't be forever (I love keeping up with my family way too much to get rid of it forever), just until I know it won't be annoying anymore.
Also, I'm hoping, that when I come back there will be more changes that will take away all the useless crap that's been added on.

Kudos for taking that step.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I don't just get rid of mine...I guess I love keeping up with my family and all you close friends, because sometimes that's the only way I can (...yeah, actually, that's no excuse, is it?).
I feel like...like I put it first. Which is dumb. It's just a website! But I'm feeling like I'm constantly checking it, wanting to know what people think of something I posted, wanna know what everyone's up to - it's turning into an ego-boost and an idol, and I feel like it's taking up time that could be spent with God.
Oi. Sorry for the rant.
Tear down the Asherah Poles girls ~ NoddaDimLass: former FB user
ReplyDeleteClever Nick name = Mr. Rebound
ReplyDelete~ NDL