Take a break from Facebook...embrace your inner gloriousness!

I am completely and utterly conflicted about Facebook.  I loathe it.  But on the other hand, I love it.  I have been able to keep connected to high school foreign exchange student friends. To loved ones when they lived over seas, or in different states.  For this I am grateful for its inception.  But Facebook causes many issues and disturbances, as we retreat back to our "middle school" days of bullying, drama, and self loathing.  I really do hate Facebook.  But I love it.  I love it for the times I see a new baby born and a "selfie" with the new mother.  All of that love crammed in to one tiny megapixel picture. I love it! 

But Facebook has a way, of taking your thoughts and freedoms of opinion and making them look silly, crazy, or vengeful.  A place where people want to tell us they are brushing their teeth on a Wednesday morning. 

When I took a break from school for 6 weeks, I vowed to take a break from social media as well. I took more than my 6 weeks away from Facebook. 

And it was glorious.  

But soon, my temptation to know what was going on with some of my wayward friends took over.  Also the comments from people while passing each other in the local grocery store, "Hey, I miss you on Facebook!", (which what does that even mean?), began to sway me back to an old familiar routine. Wake up, check Facebook. Morning break, check Facebook. Lunch break, check Facebook.  And so on and so forth.

I hate Facebook.  My challenge to you? Take a break from Facebook. 

 Look around you. It is glorious. 

 It also opens your eyes to how much time you have consumed on Facebook, (even if you tell yourself you're not that bad), and you'll notice even more, how others around you invest their time and worries in to their devices to "check Facebook". It will change your world. And you will realize, we can survive without it.

 But, it can be fun, right?  Take a quiz that if you tell them what color you like and which teeny bopper 80's star you loved back in the day, it will populate an answer for you and tell you if you should have another child or not....

C'mon.

Look, I am not suggesting to get rid of your page. For instance right now, my mom has been battling some serious health issues, and Facebook has been a great way to keep people informed without having to break the bank in your cell phone data plan.  But I am here to tell you, that there are infinite possibilities of magical things you'll discover. 

Such as...

You can be excited in person when your best friend has to track you down to tell you that they are pregnant! Remember that? You got to put your arms around them, squeeze them, lean over and talk baby talk to the fetus that is no bigger than a peanut. But you do it anyway, as you squeal for joy? Yep...you'll be glad you took a break from social media.  

But the fun won't stop there! 

You'll enjoy a whole movie, instead of pausing to ask every few minutes, "Ooh, what just happened? I missed that.", as you look up from your cellular device after checking what Betty just had to say about new coffee mug.

Really people, the list is endless....but you won't know the beauty of being "unplugged" until you take the challenge to take a significant break from Facebook to let the peace settle within. 

So at least once a year, decide to relish in the moment, and put Facebook on pause. 

(Take the temptation away, by going to settings and Deactivating your account, and removing it from your cellular devices, and ipads or tablets. It won't get rid of your account or your page. When you are ready, all you have to do is log back in to your Facebook page to re-activate you same old account)