For the last few weeks, I've become more and more disgusted with Facebook (or "social media" in general). I joined Facebook in college. Way back when it was a select group because you had to be attending a sponsored college to even get a login. But, after all these years, the time has come to move on.
Why?
I've started to notice that my wife and kids are more often than not, speaking to the top of my head because my face is buried in my phone looking at pictures of other families. And then I'm surprised that I don't remember what they've said. It's become what I do when I'm brushing my teeth in the morning and what I do right before I fall asleep.
It's taken the FRIENDS I used to hang out and laugh with, and turned them into nothing more than avatars and photo albums that I scroll through (aka "Facebook Friends").
It's caused me share parts of my life with people that, in all honesty, haven't earned the right to be involved that deeply. I remember back when people had to earn a spot in your life by investing hours upon hours of time into you. Not simply clicking a "friend request" button. I mean, there are some people on my friends list that I wouldn't want my wife and kids around for 10 minutes, but I'll share pictures and videos of them freely with those same people. Before you get offended, that comment wasn't about you...haha.
If you still want to keep up with me or my thoughts, you'll have a few options. I will leave up my Dependently Wealthy page on Facebook and will put my new blog posts there, you can sign up with your email on www.dependently-wealthy.com, we could take it back to the early 2000's and you can call or text me OR MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, we could go back to hanging out in person.
I'm fully aware that this may mean a feeling of "loneliness" for a while because I've lost some "friends". But next time you're "hanging out with your friends" while scrolling through your News Feed, take just a second to look up from your screen...look left, then look right. Do you feel social or do you feel alone?
It's time to invest my time in the ones that matter most to me and the ones who actually invest their time into my life.
So here's to spending time looking into my wife's and my kids' eyes instead of a "News Feed". Here's to going back to making, regaining and investing in true friendships. Here's to not judging yourself based on how many people click a "Like" button on your post. Here's to focusing on what really matters.
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