As of yesterday I am free of facebook for one whole month. Why did I do this everyone asks? Especially my husband who seems to think everything is always because of him. There were several reasons why. But to explain more clearly I must take you back before facebook a few years ago.
We only had one child and I scrapbooked on a fairly regular basis meaning once a month to every six months. I created beautiful pages that I was proud of. I didn't socialize very much with people outside my home. No girls nights out for me people. I stayed to myself.
Then came facebook at first I still occassionally scrapbooked. Then I got addicted to the games farmville, cityville, ect. I was working as a substitute teacher and became friends with several teachers and we became friends on there as well. I reconnected with family members I hadn't spoken to or seen in years. Was able to keep my husbands family back home up to date with what was going on with our children. It was so wonderful I was being social. Ok maybe not social but something closer to what I had been in the past. I had an outlet other than scrapbooking to release tension because thats what I used scrapbooking for. It was my relaxation time my down time but I didn't really need it anymore when I had so much with facebook.
I started going to college and I was still working as a substitute so I was meeting more and more people. I wasn't just being "social" on facebook anymore but in real life. I had never really had a lot of friends growing up I wasn't very adept at making friends and keeping them. But now I was making friends and they actually wanted to hang out with me. Ok by now most of you are thinking this girl must be in her 20's nope I am almost 33 and this happened over the course of the last 4 years. Don't get me wrong I have a few really good friends I have had for years but I can count them on one hand.
So now not only have I become social on facebook I am becoming more social outside of facebook. The last year we were blessed with our second child after trying for four years. Our oldest is nine and our youngest will be turning one soon. Big gap for mom to deal with and school not much time in there for scrapbooking and social time. Yet I have managed to scrapbook a little since she was born but not nearly as much as I want to or need to for her book.
So is scrapbooking the only reason I left facebook heck no. The drama and rude people are too. I have come to realize that some people are just plain rude no matter how you approach them about something they are rude. Also some of the things they post are just plain hurtful without even realizing it. When all they want to do is complain about how horrible their life its really hard to see all the time. Also my husband made a comment to me recently that I play games more than I should on there instead of clean. No this isn't the sole reason for leaving just so we are clear. But all these things added up to one big pile of I need a break from facebook. So today is day 1 I will telling you everything I am able to get done in a day without having to check facebook and give you a scrapbook page count every couple of days along with maybe some pictures so you can see my progress. My goal is over 100 pages in one month thats an average of a little over 3 per day I think I can manage that once I get started. So wish me luck!
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