Day Six: Still going strong!

Well, I am still going strong with my ban on Facebook and Twitter! My week stint is almost up, and I am not even hurting. -- I admit that I have had a few moments of weakness, where I've wanted to log on, but for the most part my absence is a welcomed relief.

Tomorrow is the one week mark that I banned myself from social media, and is also the day that I can return to the underworld of Facebook and Twitter. I haven't decided if I am going to though, as a little extension on the ban might be good for me.

Who knows, we shall see.

Next week I am going on a mini-vacation. I've booked a couple of days off of work, and am heading down to a cabin that my sister and her husband rent every summer. It's the cutest little place; a waterfront property where I can swim and go fishing (Yep, I go fishing with my brother-in-law when I am out there...I even bait my own hooks!) We also eat a lot out there (screw you diet!) and go on little adventures. It really is the highlight of my summer. (It always makes me wish I had a cabin.)

Anyways, there is internet access out there, but I am not sure that I will waste the few precious vacation days I have out there roaming my Facebook and Twitter pages.

Ah well, day six and I am going strong.

Day Three: I actually don't care...

Wow, day three of my social media hiatus (except of course this blog) and I don't actually care.

I had one moment of weakness today, when I got my hair done. I wanted to take a picture and post it for everyone to see and comment on how awesome it looks. Instead, however, I went to my sister's place and showed her. (She likes it.) I also posted some pics on here, although it doesn't really look much different...

I'm too tired for a long post tonight. I am going to crawl into my bed and fall asleep to the Golden Girls (as I do every night.) Perhaps tomorrow I will feel the burn of being out of the loop. Who knows.

Ta-ta friends.

Day Two: Pfft, Piece of Cake!

Well, here we are at day two of my social media-free week, and I'm feelin' fine! At this point I am pure arrogance. "This isn't hard, I have a life. I could do this forever..." (This, my friends, is what mile two of a half marathon is like; adrenaline is high and the challenge is on. However, by mile 11 -- equivalent of day six for this challenge?! -- I am, and probably will be, pretty much defeated and just want to die.)

I hate that I am so addicted to Facebook and Twitter. It kinda shows what a "loser" I am. -- For the record I don't actually think that I am a loser, but do you notice that only the super cool people don't have Facebook accounts?! Yeah, the "super cools" are a foreign bunch; they're too busy being popular in real life, hanging out at places like Bar Italia or working out for ten hours a day at the gym or something like that. Or, if the "super cools" do have Facebook, they only check it like once a month because they are too busy doing real life stuff...Hmmmph. That's not me.)

Whatever.

My electronic friends like me. (Or at least tolerate me.) I get invited to all sorts of things (which I don't usually go to because I am too busy Facebooking.) Even when I don't go to things though I can still see all the pictures and comments from the event. I can essentially live vicariously through others from the comforts of my own home.

This is tragic, how did I become such a fiend?! Looking back at this post, I realize that I really do need an intervention. (Perhaps I should try to go for longer than a week hiatus?!)

I should compose a list of things that I need to accomplish before I allow myself back on that site. My apartment is in dire straights, and I really could use more cardio in my life. Also, I should get into the habit of reading more, and perhaps invest more time in forming real life friendships with people...

Heck, maybe I'll surprise someone this week and call them (as opposed to texting or messaging them) just to chat. It would be awkward as hell, but that's the kinda thing my generation used to do. -- Watch out friends, I suggest you all call screen me if you see my number pop up on your call display!

Back to the list; I think that I am going to make a "to do" list to accomplish. (Not tonight though because I want to carefully consider what is a reasonable list to make. I don't want to make some sort of crazy bucket-type list, only to fail at it, and I don't want to make my list so easy that I can achieve everything in five seconds...It needs to be reasonable and balanced.)

Ok. this post is all sorts of ADHD wonkiness. (I don't care though, everyone is too busy Facebooking and Twittering to read my blog anyways!)

Tomorrow, I'll post the list. I will also (hopefully) begin checking items off that list.

Ta-ta for now friends. I have a red hot date with the Golden Girls!

Day One: The Social Media Slut Takes a Break.

Of course I look sad, I'm out of the social media loop.

Well here I am, my first day of being social media free. I'm lonely. (Okay, I am over exaggerating, but I am sure that before the night is through I will have stopped myself from logging on to my Facebook or Twitter account about a thousand times.)

I'm pretty sure that I am a Facebook junkie. A social media slut. A twitter whore! (I use these terms loosely, and extremely non-sexually by the way.) But yes, I am to social media websites what smokers are to their cigarettes...Addicted.

In all fairness though, how can I not be addicted to the sweet lure of instant popularity at my finger tips?! My inflated ego has never been validated so much as it is when I am being paid attention to on the internet.

Wow. That's sad. (But admit it, all you Facebook/Twitter junkies know exactly what I am talking about. You do. Don't lie.)

I guess I should be thankful that my sister didn't challenge me to give up the internet all together; I still have my beloved blog and my hotmail account. Oh, and let's not forget my favourite gossip blogs. (Shout out to you Michael K at DListed!) When that gets old I guess I will have no choice but to resort to some of my favourite TV shows. (In no particular order: The Golden Girls, Nancy Grace, CNN Headline News, Wife Swap, Super Nanny, Anything on TLC about strange people and those baby-makin Duggars!)

Oh, wait. I forgot. I guess I can also read and go outside, and clean my apartment and visit my friends...I can probably be semi-productive in this social media-free week as a matter of fact! -- Sometimes (ok, most times) I forget that once I enter my apartment I am not trapped in this third-floor disaster area like Rapunzel is in her tower... Hell, I can do whatever I want!!

Right now I am going to go for a run. I'm not sure what I'm going to do after that since I am now officially out of the loop.

Here we go. Day one of the challenge. It's on!

Update: Well I had a pretty crappy run tonight. My quad muscles started to hurt, and I opted just to bow out early. (I am "pre-training" at the moment -- building my endurance up for when my training sked officially begins on July 12 -- I can be lenient with myself for the time being, though it sucks.)