I decided I want to go back to a simpler time…a time when you had to call people to check on them. A time when you only knew what people were doing if you were really their friend? A time when you didn’t have to document every single moment of your life in order to make others believe that your life was somehow better than theirs. I want to go back a time when email, text messaging were the norm and a blog was the icing on the cake. I want to a go back in time, before Facebook, Twitter, and whatever other social media mediums people use.
Maybe it’s just me but I found myself spending way too much time on Twitter and Facebook. I found myself wondering, “If I don’t tweet it, did it really happen?” I found myself, not only updating my Facebook status but constantly checking the status’ of others…not just of friends but of people that I don’t especially care for. Essentially, I found myself wasting time.
And so, with the realization that I was wasting time, I decided to delete both my Facebook and Twitter accounts, in an attempt to live life, not just tweet it. And ya’ know what, I’ve actually gained a few extra moments in my day. I am not a slave to my phone anymore (I had the Twitter and Facebook app on my phone), I make it a point to call people or at the very least pick up the phone when they call and I have more time to exercise. I know this seems crazy, deleting two social networking accounts can’t possibly free up so much time…Well the reality is, it can. Think about it…all of the time you spend updating accounts, cyber stalking, thinking of something crafty to type…those are valuable minutes of your life that you will never get back.
Wish me luck in my crazy, slightly social media free journey!
