Au Revoir Facebook

Awhile ago I posted on Facebook that I would be deleting my account. I'm just over it. So without further adieu, here are some reasons why I personally want to get rid of Facebook:
- It's a waste of time.
I find myself on my phone scrolling through my feed way too much. Even at a stoplight, or the drive thru line at Starbucks. Because heaven forbid I have to just wait patiently for 2 minutes. While I have deleted the app of my phone, I have too many other reasons not to keep it, to keep it.
- There's nothing really that beneficial from it.
Is my day going to be any better knowing that you had a good day of running errands, grocery shopping and eating dinner with your mom? No. And I think, if I don't care what people did with their day, what makes me think they care about mine?
- The above reason leads me to this: Facebook has created a society full of narcissistic people who think the world revolves around them.
I don't want to be that person. I realize that the world doesn't revolve around me and I don't ever want to think that it does.
- I want to cultivate deeper relationships with my friends and family and not just connect with them through a website.
I want to take the time to call people and see how they're doing. I want to be wished a happy birthday because we're good enough friends that you KNOW it's my birthday. And vice versa.
To even further prove my point, when I posted on Facebook that I was leaving I had comments on my page such as, "How will we keep up with you?" "I'll miss seeing what you're up to." "How will we see pictures of your baby?" HELLO! That's my point! You want to keep up with me? Send me a text, an email, call me on the phone. I'll do the same thing! Also, those comments make me think people are living through me. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'm that important. I'm not famous. I'm not Kate Middleton. I surely hope that my life doesn't seem so exciting to you that you will feel like you're missing out because you can't see my life on a website.
- Lastly, I want to be present. I want to live my life instead of constantly posting about it. I can post a hundred pictures of my kid and what he's doing or I can snap a few for myself and then sit and relish in the moment. From what everyone has told me, it's going to go by fast. Also, after both being gone all day, I want to enjoy live conversation with my husband, not sit next to him as we both scroll through our phones.







I would like to end the first part of my 2 post series with this: I realize I could just stop posting things as much and not look at it as much. My husband does this beautifully. Maybe I just have an addictive personality because I just can't do that as easily. Also, I'm a bit of a rebel. I like knowing I'm going against the grain and will be part of the slim part of the population that doesn't use Facebook. My dad will be so proud.

Stay tuned for my next post on this, where I will list all the annoying things people post on Facebook!