I have felt a building frustration with my newsfeed on
Facebook. Over the last few weeks I’ve found
myself feeling anxious, angered, confused, or frustrated by the posts I was
seeing instead of feeling connected to people I care about. I had allowed myself to become someone who
was looking at the lives of my friends through a lens of comparison and
judgment instead of love, support, and genuine interest. I was sharing my feelings with my mom and
with Kyle and got some really sound advice from both of them. I also started praying about my attitude and
perspective and that God would shift it.
The next day I found this article and it really inspired me.
I plan to take a week off from Facebook. I think this will help me refocus my attitude
and clear my head. I think I was taking
in too much information and dedicating an unhealthy amount of time to staring
at my Facebook newsfeed. After my one
week I want to evaluate whether I can reintroduce it to my life or if I need a
longer break. Once I return to using
Facebook I plan to only check twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. I also plan to do some long overdue editing
to my list of friends and pages. I would
rather focus in on the people I really have an interest in keeping in touch
with.
I’m only one day in but I feel relieved to not have to try
and keep up with it. I feel more
peaceful because I’m not reading through all the negative opinions and opposing
viewpoints. It’s odd how powerful it can
be to simply give yourself permission to stop doing something. Plus I still have Instagram so I’m not
completely cut out of the loop (and let’s be honest I prefer it anyways).
