Life After Facebook: 10 Months Later

I realized now that I really haven't given an update on life without Facebook since I had deleted my personal profile back in February 2014. If you need a refresher on the reasons behind the decision, feel free to read this blog.

Fast forward 10 months and... well, I discovered how lazy people are. Without Facebook, you don't hear many updates, even after reaching out to them first. Obviously, my closest friends and family members are those that I keep in touch with more often, but for the most part - old friends, old acquaintances - basically, my entire network of people - is deadly quiet in real life.

Kind of sad, if you think about it. I rarely hear from friends whom I'd see a couple times a week prior to my move to Seattle. Good friends.

Contact apparently takes a lot of effort. Let me say, it is definitely worth the effort if both parties are interested in keeping in touch, otherwise, it's much like seeking attention from a squirrel: simply silly.

It's an interesting concept to think about how easy it is to keep in touch with people with technology being as vast as it is - even texting, something so simple and easy (and most people do this!!) is something that people find little "time" for... It makes you wonder.

Do I miss anything? Yes. I do miss the connection to my network - being in the know for upcoming events and special happenings in others' lives.

Will I return? I have a friend who asks me to come back to FB, if even under a very restrictive profile where I have fewer than 10 friends. My response: ....let me think about it. I don't have any definite plans right now. I did tell myself that I would take at least a year off from the site - perhaps I'll reevaluate that decision once the year anniversary comes up.

I guess it's really not that big of a deal - but to others, Facebook is everything. It's not my everything though, and I suppose that I made that point when people realized that I'm no longer "invitable" to events, "likable" for my status updates, or "stalkable" to see what's new with my life (haha).

That's life and tech, I suppose.

What resolutions do you have this year in regards to FB or other social media? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Muah!

I Didn't Know What to Say

This world is full of both wonderful and heartbreaking circumstances that wear us down daily. As a nation, we are mourning another tragedy where violence has torn apart communities and families - and for what purpose? We just don't know.
I didn't write on this yesterday because I didn't know what to say. I've read that it's the deadliest mass shooting in American history. I don't know what's more sad to me: that this deplorable act is something that I feel numb towards given the increasing numbers of shootings and tragedies we are seeing nationally, or the act itself: where some random person unbeknownst to even his own family made a decision that forever altered the lives of millions of people.
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A Spring in My Steps

For those of you who have followed me for some time, you must know by now that one of my favorite spots here in Seattle is Green Lake. There's something so serene in walking the almost-three mile path around the lake - all while never even leaving the city. It's a short drive away and I find myself longing for a visit when I think only of its lush natural scenery and everything you could want in a park.
I went to Green Lake earlier in the day than normal and spotted these lovely little crocuses, reaching their aubergine-veined petals through the soil. I see them every year scattered about the city, but something about how they always reach for the sky makes them so relatable.
Starting my walk, I noticed the eerie sky and how white it was with overcast - there were crows cawing and screeching from all over, fields and branches full of birds. My assumption is that after all the earthworms were about and crows were swarming to get a shot at their evening meal.
Concluding my wa…

Sacred Storytelling

Over the past year, I've begun to uncover my purpose in this life - what am I here for and how do I find fulfillment in that purpose? Is it ongoing or is it a one-time goal that I will eventually achieve? What then if that is the case?
There are so many questions to ponder and endless thoughts about the what-ifs and hypothetical future I could potentially have, based on the notion that I knew exactly what my purpose was, that is.
I've known that I'm meant to be a storyteller - that I am a writer and creator, but that alone didn't resonate with me or drive me to work towards any one goal of actually being those things. I already was those things, but there wasn't a sense of fulfillment from bestowing upon myself these titles. Works have been created, but to no real purpose or reason. The question is how to make this state of being something more tangible...more real.
It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago when I read an article about Reese Witherspoon who spok…

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