Friday, April 29, 2011

Life after deleting my Facebook account...

Dark, desolate, and quiet.

Just kidding. Not that bad. Not bad at all.


But I went from knowing everything about everyone on my friends' list to knowing NOTHING.

It was a touchstone.

Before I moved along in my day, I would check FB to read all the status updates- update my own, and then go about my day stopping here and there to check FB whether from my phone or from the computer. I was way too 'connected'. Being that in-tune with everything everyday and then shutting it all down takes getting used to.


I shifted from being glued to FB to finding focus in my household, a great thing, BUT what do I do with all the little things that happen throughout the day? Things that make me chuckle and I'm certain would make you chuckle too.

The dilemma is this: I don't want to make another Facebook account, but my family is everywhere but here. I have 4 growing kids, many pictures to post, and lots of things I would like to say. LOTS! Instead of isolating what I think are clever gems which pop into my head all throughout the day to the inside of my cluttered head, by golly, I'd like to share it.

Now, here on Blogspot, I see the glow of a small pink 25 watt light bulb with a scarf draped over the lampshade flickering.

Stiff and rigid still like a new pair of pointy-toed, high-heeled shoes, I fumble my way through the site, not comfortable.

I wonder if blogspot and I will grow to like each other?

Dashboard?

Monetize?

Add a gadget?

What? All foreign to me. The only thing I know how to do is read 'what's on your mind' and tell people what's on mine-- all within the limited number of characters FB allows you.

Here I am on blogspot, treading softly.