Facebook is making us miserable.
A resolution to my New Year’s Resolution.
Earlier this weekend, a friend of mine and I were talking about our love/hate relationship with facebook. While it’s a great way to keep in touch with people, it can also lead to comparing ourselves to the PR’d version of life that everyone presents. We see all the good things that people choose to share, and we assume that it’s all good all the time for others and that we’re the only ones struggling with this or that issue. Even blogs, which used to be where people told you how they really felt, have turned into professionally styled versions of life! However, I think it helps to keep things in perspective that the finished product that we see online is just that: a finished product and not the process that the person had to take to get there.
Although sometimes it’s nice to see a fellow #epicfail:
via Pinterest
Ha ha! That’s awesome! That’s how mine would turn out for sure! I understand what you mean about facebook & blogs. I always try to keep it real, though sometimes I wonder if it then comes across as too gloomy & nobody wants to read it!! Oh well, I do it for myself mostly! I just write it out like I’d tell you, Amy, Jana, or another close friend. That seems to be the way you do it, too!
Your blog is awesome! You aren’t gloomy or depressing; you’re just being real and you always try to find the positive in everything. You inspire me. Seriously!
Aw! Thank you, Laura! I do my best to share the hope that I have, despite all the stuff that fights against it!
Amen sister!
Thanks!