What's it like to delete Facebook?

Okay, maybe not "delete".  Deactivate.

My reasons are 4:

1.  I don't care what kind of diapers you use.  One more of my domesticated friends "liking" Lysol was going to push me over the edge. Nor do I need to know if little Sally wet the bed last night (Do some of these people realize that everyone sees these posts? It's not a personal communication device.).  Trust me, little Sally will disown you when she realizes you've been telling the entire world that she is wetting the bed at 3 years old.  Shame on you.  That's what phones, text messages, and private messages are for.

2.  Stop wishing your football/baseball/hockey team "good luck" on Facebook.  It's not like Twitter.  There's no trending topic and they. are. not. reading. it.

3.  The "thankful" posts pushed me over the edge this November.  This lady puts it nicely.  It's like she read my mind.

4.  Scott deactivated his months ago.  I mean, why do I need one?  If I can't be that wife who tells her husband how much she loves him via the Facebook Newsfeed, then I don't want a Facebook page.


Day 1-  Feeling good. Empowered even.  This is kind of nice.

Day 2- Wow, my online browsing options seem rather limited..."What?  Scott, you want me to reactivate to find something out about someone for you?  *sigh* Alright." 10 minutes later?  Deactivated again (without even checking notifications!), citing "I don't feel safe on Facebook" as the reason why hehehe.

Day 3-One less thing to check before work.

Day 4-This may be LESS stressful actually,  I don't feel compelled to READ ALL THE STATUSES and can get on with things in real life.

Day 5- Still feeling less "online stress".  I like this.

Day 6- I have no desire to even check to see what people are eating for dinner.  Or what they have to say about the weather.  Or what unfunny eCard they found humorous today.  (People find the dumbest things funny, don't they?)

Day 7-I'm having a not-so-good night.  I don't want to read about how happy people are anyway.

And that's week one.

Source: Uploaded by user via Krystal on Pinterest

In all honesty, I deleted the App from my phone over a month ago.  The only time I use social media on my phone is when I'm out and about.  And I figured if I'm out and about and I exhaust Gmail, Twitter, Instagram (kedarhower), and Safari, it's probably time to either pay attention to what I'm supposed to be doing and/or find a real person to talk to.

So.  Are you going to take the step and deactivate someday?  The only way it's affected me thus far is that I can't enter blog giveaways by "liking" a blogger's profile.  Eh.  If that's the worst, I'll take it.