It’s like clockwork, every morning I wake up, pick up my phone, check Facebook, Twitter and my emails and basically go on to do the same thing on my computer. It’s time to face the truth; I’m addicted to social media, particularly Facebook.
It wasn’t until last Friday night as I was watching ABC World News with my Grandma that I realized this. As she sat by the TV huffing and puffing because she finds social media to be an overall disgrace (I think she's mad her grandkids are basically mutes now), I stood there wondering why and when I let all of this take hold of my life.
As I listened to the story about a high school teacher conducting a study in his class that involved the students disconnecting themselves from any social media sites AND texting, I wondered if I could do the same (for personal purposes however). I mean if a bunch of high schoolers can do it, can’t I?
With that said, I plan on attempting to do so from December 20-December 26. Should be easy, right? One week is a short amount of time, but considering how that week is meant for family, I think it’s perfect timing. With mom’s birthday on the 23rd, Christmas Eve and Christmas following, I think I need to focus on family more and not my Facebook “friend’s” petty problems. On top of that I only have dial-up Internet. Mobile Facebook and Twitter is what will really tempt me.
After the experience, I hope to realize what social media really means to me. Is it just a form of entertainment when I’m bored? Is it a distraction from something else I’m supposed to be doing? Hopefully a week of technology withdrawal and self induced isolationism will bring me back to the days when my life was private and Grandma liked the way we communicated. We will see…
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