Facebook Break Days 6 - 8 - Mission Accomplished?!

I have become so bored with my own experiment that I am assuming anyone reading this would be bored as well. This has become so uneventful that I can really just sum up the last three days of Facebook Freedom in one post.

 

I hopped on on Day 6 because I got a notice that a friend tagged me in a post – he’s doing a great thing where he writes something nice about one of his Facebook friends each day. And he really puts sincere thought into each post – well this week, wouldn’t you know in my Facebook-free week, it was my turn so I wanted to go on and respond to it because he took the time to write a really beautiful statement. But again, after I wrote him, I had no problem logging off.

 

On Day 7, I again found myself not missing it. This is great because I know now when I return on Monday that yes, I will scroll and see what I’ve missed in my friends’ lives and I genuinely am concerned that I have missed important events but I know after I have done that that my Facebook habit will have changed. I don’t need to be constantly on there; I don’t need  it to be the first thing I do when I get up and the last thing I do before I go to bed – isn’t that supposed to be reserved for more important things? Healthier balance that’s all – that’s what one needs for everything in life. Too much of one thing just throws everything else off balance and I realized that letting something like a social networking site taking control of my emotions like it did just isn’t right. Oh it probably will still happen – I’ll see things that will annoy or bug me, I’ll still be posting my nonsense stuff (and some not-so-nonsense), but at the same time I’ll still enjoy what I always have with Facebook, which is that sense of being in a big room with all my friends every day. I love seeing vacation pictures or wedding and baby photos; I love seeing where they’ve gone in check-ins to see if it’s somewhere I’d like to go; I still need the support that I fortunately still receive from some friends; and generally I love scrolling through the News Feed to see what’s going on with everybody. None of that has changed but what has changed is the time, energy, and emotions I’ve let it consume. The moment I feel that negativity, I’m recognizing it and letting it go – and/or I’ll change settings – the beauty of Facebook…privacy settings!

Now what about that original post that I did a week ago (it feels like so long ago now!) where I talked about the new moon in Leo and what I should during my step-away time? Well, it mentioned taking time to get the creative juices flowing and I think I did. I worked on this idea that I’m brewing now, I finished that crocheted bag that I mentioned and nearly finished my second knitted hat (I just started learning how to knit hats). I pretty much made myself write every day here and that in general is a good thing for a writer to do. I also spent time on looking for work that I can do with my present situation.

Oh that Leo thing mentioned love and romance – hmmm…well, nothing there – at least nothing I’m aware of! Ah, well, that’s okay. I haven’t been out much and I’ve been “off the grid” so to speak and this time was really meant for me to step off and take a breather. Isn’t it still that moon until the next new moon…maybe there’s still a chance ;-) lol

 Anyway, I began this post the beginning of the day of Day 8 and finishing it now at 9:30 p.m. the evening of Day 8 because I spent the day with my family celebrating my niece’s birthday. What a fun day and not once did a feel a pull toward Facebook or any social networking site for that matter. Tomorrow I’ll return and things will be as they were and I’m sure no one will even have noticed my absence for a week or lack of “likes” but I know I’m the better for this break and that I shall do it again!