Gosh, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve been here.
Remember when blogs were all the rage? I used to check many of them faithfully every day. I followed the lives of families I didn’t even know. Ha!
Then along came Facebook. I remember being at lunch with a group of local moms who were chatting about being on Facebook. I chimed in that I was on Facebook too! One of the moms said, “You’re on Facebook but you’re not ON Facebook!” Touché…I had an account but didn’t actively post or even interact much.
Obviously I took that as a challenge and stepped up my game. She might have created a monster. Ha!
I went on to use Facebook to connect with current friends, old friends and even to make new friends. Facebook helped me share my love of oils with you and helped us through the hardest seasons during our adoptions, job loss and so much more.
It has been a blessing in many ways.
But it’s also been a curse and a distraction.
At times it has drawn me in and wasted my time. It’s made friends enemies when I shared an unpopular opinion. It has raised my blood pressure. It’s trapped me into comparison and made me feel less than.
I’ve taken breaks throughout the years and sometimes I’ve just wanted to walk away completely. But ugghhhhhh….it’s so hard. It feels like an addiction. Knowing what’s going on in your friends’ lives, seeing cute pictures of their kids and reading funny stories. It feels like Facebook has become such a source of education for me too. So many great groups I belong to where I have learned so much. When I took breaks from FB, I missed those groups so much.
I see so many friends jumping ship for other apps.
I’ve tried a few of them but it all feels the same. Like I’m feeding an addiction….an addiction for information maybe? It’s just a weird feeling to try and unpack my relationship with social media.
I hardly remember not having it.
How did I interact with friends before social media?
Wonder if Yahoo groups are still a thing?🤔🤣🤣🤣
Anyway, I’m rambling at this point. Not sure what the future holds for the way we connect.
I do know that I love the connection I have with all of you on social media and I’m not sure how to foster that without it.
I don’t think there’s a perfect answer.
I think for now, I’m going to evaluate the ways I really want to connect with friends, businesses and educational groups online.
I want to spend more time writing here even if it’s only for me. (Maybe my mom reads it too. Ha!)
Blogs can feel so one sided….if you hopped over and read this post, I’d love for you to comment and say hi.
I think if you scroll up above my picture, you can click “Leave a Comment”. Maybe one of these days I’ll master all of this! Ha!
How do you really connect with friends near and far? Is social media overwhelming for you too right now? I’d love to hear.❤️
Love You friend.
Jenifer
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