Almost two weeks of much back and forth in my head, Ive been thinking of deleting my Facebook. Its been a hard decision to make though, despite it being easy enough to press the delete button. A handful of things I actually use it for – like keeping in touch and updating out of town family. Much like Instagram – but perhaps with more depth – Facebook is all about posting those ‘great’ moments of life and leaving out those not-so-great ones. Now although I am an active stay at home mom - I at times, find it somewhat of a depressive thing, watching friends ‘great’ lives flash past my eyes in a series of status updates and photos of them off doing fun things and wondered why I was sitting there alone browsing my Facebook feed. That said, my life is not particularly boring at all – I’m very lucky to have the fantastic friendships I hold currently and to be able to do the things I do – but perceptions can be a funny thing when all you see is the good side of the picture. Im sure some of you will say I fall right in to that category of fun picture posting, and although I too think I do, I find myself wondering what MORE fun things I could be doing if I added up the minutes spent on Facebook. I don’t think the narcissistic nature of it is good, especially when you’re a passive user. It’s unbelieveable how much idle time is just automatically filled with checking a Facebook feed. So. Question being.. Do I delete my account and free myself or set limitations to the amount of time I actually spend using Facebook? The thought of losing touch with some friends scares me but maybe it will prompt me to reconnect with friends who noticed I have left and get in touch. I am at a cross road none the less and have decided one way or the other, the amount of time dedicated to Facebook will change immensely. What peeks my curiosity is how many others are feeling this way?
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:03:02 +0000
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