Today I deactivated my facebook account. Facebook has been part of me for some years now, part of me I say as I have spent a substantial amount of time on it. That precious time I could have utilised elsewhere doing worthy stuff. Recently, I started following a blog www.becomingminimalist.com and that got me thinking.... we think somethings are unachievable untill we actually do it. Facebook addiction was one such thing that I wanted to give up but never reallly dared to take the plunge. I just happen to wonder, if ever, I was in real trouble and needed to call for help at 2:00 in the night, who would I call on my friendlist? Yes sure, 4 or 5 "friends" on my friendlist and they happen to be close family or close friends. They were with me, even before facebook was and will always be there for me, beyond facebook. Some of my close and dependable friends are not even on facebook!
I will not be able to see the funny posts, the informative posts but I do not really have to log into facebook to do that, honestly speaking. I am happy to not read posts people share that are politically correct but they themselves do not believe in, yet they share it anyway as it is the "in" thing to do, the inspirational quotes shared - if people had started following those quotes, the world would have been a much better place by now and I will not miss the candy crush invites!
The people who care will be in touch anyway through mails or phone calls and the people who do not care, will not care. But what I gain from not facebooking, is a sense of accomplishment for having overcome a silly addiction that the social media calls sustained engagement !
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