Why I Wanted to Delete Facebook

DISCLAIMER: Upon reading this post, you may find the author to be old-fashioned, prudish, and over-the-top. No offense is intended. :)

So some of you may have read the facebook status I posted a little bit ago declaring that I intended to delete my facebook account. Since then I have decided to keep my account, so I can keep in touch with friends and see people's wedding and baby pictures, but I would like to take this opportunity to explain why I do feel the way I do about facebook and all other social networks.

I think it's silly. Silly! It is silly how dependent our society has become on social networking. I see so many people who cannot fully enjoy anything in life unless they have posted a facebook status about it, written a blog entry, tweeted, and put up pictures on Instagram. It is silly that people's real lives have become inseparable from their virtual lives. And more than silly, I think it is sad. It is sad that people will spend so much of their lives in front of a glowing monitor, not really living at all. And on top of being silly and sad, I also think it is quite dumb.

So, to each their own, but as for me, most of the time you will find me actually living my life for reals. I will be going on walks in the foothills, having meaningful face-to-face conversations with the people I care about, smelling the gorgeous roses that are in full bloom outside, and singing for residents at assisted living centers.

I am so grateful for my life. I am so blessed. I love to live.