Leaving the Social Media World Behind

Today I decided to take a HUGE step in life. I am leaving behind the world of social media. There are many reasons for my choice to do so. I love blogging and creating an online journal. I think that it is fun. With social media, I have quit doing something that I really enjoy to be wrapped up in a world of crazy. I find that as an empath, the sorrows of others seem to really affect my own feelings and I also find that the competitive nature of social media seems to be something that I get bogged down in. So, instead of defining my life by the number of likes, comments, or birthday wishes each year...I want to focus on my family and everything that is right in front of me. I want to stop wasting my time and stop being focussed on things like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Will I miss this world? Probably at first, but I am guessing that as time goes on...I am not going to miss the feelings that I have been having or the fact that I know that I am distracted by everything that I am seeing.

So, if you enjoyed seeing pictures of my kids growing up or hearing about the adventures that we have as a family....I encourage you to bookmark this page and to come back from time to time. I will be updating things here for family and friends who care to have an update. I know that many of you have enjoyed all that I have shared about the kids....so this is the place where I can do that.

Here are some of my social media qualms and what has me leaving. (By the way, I am guilty of all of these things as well.)

1. We all seem to be in competition with one another. We want to be the best family and want to personify an image that is really unattainable in life. This leads to feelings of inadequacies and sorrow when you feel like you are left behind in the world.

2. Everyone seems to forget that this is public. People do and say things that they would never do and say in real life. I would rather live in ignorant bliss than know how some of my favorite people in life feel about the Black Lives Matter Movement.

3.The constant need to know what is going on in everyone's lives. Why not be surprised with the things that we see and surprised when we hear about our friend's journeys.

4. The world feels smaller and it gives a false sense of belonging that can really mess with your head when you are in public and your FB friends do not respond to you. I mean, were they ever really your friends? or were they just being nosy and trying to spy on your lives?

So much has happened this past year and this summer to lead to this...but the fact that my kids are getting older and that they are growing up with an often distracted mom is really the main reason that I am leaving. I just want to focus on the present and be more present in life.

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