Who would have thought that deactivating my Facebook page would be such a big deal? To those of you who enjoy reading about other people's lives as much I do - I'm sure you'll understand. I really don't think it's because I'm a busybody or I'm nosey...I just think it's fascinating to be able to know what is going on in someone's head and know what their day-to-day activities are.
It makes me sad that I won't be able to see pictures of their kids and/or see the updates of what is going on in their lives. I am quitting Facebook for a variety of reasons. My main one is that I need to focus on homeschooling the kids more. I find myself just itching to see who is doing what at any given moment. Not a good thing when in the middle of a math lesson. So, along with some other factors, I decided that this was as good a time as any. But it still doesn't help with the hurt I'm feeling over "losing" my friends. It is truly like breaking up.
As I was sending out messages letting my FB friends know that I was deactivating my account I actually got teary-eyed thinking I was probably going to lose touch with many of them.
Hopefully I will learn of many more blogs so that I can follow my friend's lives.
I'm hoping to get Christmas letters out in the next few days...better get to it now that I have more "free" time! :)
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I DO understand! I have thought SO many times about deactivating my facebook account. i actually have days when I decide I can only look at it once a day...and I am so amazed at how many times I want to go check it...and then I catch myself. It really has an addictive quality to it. I want to see what everyone is doing....want to see who commented on my post....see if I have any e-mails... It can be such a time-waster. And yet, there are SO many people whom I would have no contact with whatsoever if it weren't for facebook. But then again, it's important to realize that the contact I have with those people on facebook tends to be very...shallow? The relationships that have stood the test of time would remain with or without facebook. Someday...I will deactivate. So, Bon, good job. You did what I cannot yet do. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that I'm not the only one, JJ! Ditto to everything you said. Yesterday I was sad all day from deleting my account but today I am strangely relieved that I won't be spending so much time catching up - though I miss seeing updates. I was surprised today driving around thinking of how I could update my status and then remembering I don't have to think about it anymore. Weird, I know!
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