Maybe I'm growing up (doubtful), or maybe I'm just tired (likely), but I can't handle social media anymore. I'm not sure if I'm outgrowing it, or I'm just old enough to remember how much easier life was without it (granted I was 15/16, everything was easier). So tonight I'll be deleting my Facebook and Twitter. Everyone says I'll be back, which I guess is possible, there's a reason these sites are so popular, it's fun to keep up with everyone's lives. But are we really supposed to keep in contact with everyone we've ever known forever? I don't think we are. People come in and out of our lives for different reasons and I think that's how it's supposed to be, why should I be able to (or want to) read about the lives of people I haven't spoken to in years? Maybe it was our wedding that brought on this realization, it was wonderful and we had many great friends and family there, but there was an equal number of people who couldn't or wouldn't come. It brought forward the few people who truly care about both Fernando and me, I want to give those people my time and energy. I want to call them and have actual conversations instead of just "liking" their picture on Facebook. This whole social media age has me worried. I can sit down and write a blog in twenty minutes, close my computer and be done, but in the age of smart phones I can constantly check my Twitter and Facebook, constantly check in on what others are doing, all while missing what is right in front of me. I want to be present in the real world, instead of a virtual one. I don't want to muddle through the day upset about others opinions, I want to live.
But maybe I'm just a hippie.
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