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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Leaving Facebook

In my quest to leave Facebook, I've returned to the blog I abandoned many years ago.  The blog(s) started as a way to connect with friends while we were away on a sabbatical.  My first was called Aida's Hawaii Blog. It was so good for me.  As a consummate "reminiscer", I loved having record, in words and pictures, of my daily adventures.  Now that I'm leaving Facebook, I am going to try this again.  Yes, as a way to keep friends posted on my life, but also as a digital journal, which I have come to realize was my favorite part of Facebook.  You can follow this blog by clicking "follow" on the right side panel.  It's definitely not as easy as Facebook, but part of the problem and the grip Facebook has on everyone is that it is so easy to get sucked in, easy to become dependent on the platform and easy to lose sight of what you actually want in your social life.  I hope I can get back to personally connecting and digitally connecting (through this blog and MeWe) in a deliberate fashion rather than just habitually checking Facebook.