I Deleted Most of My Friends From Facebook And I LOVE IT!

Okay so a few weeks ago I got some anxiety... that was kind of random and out of nowhere... and I couldn't quite figure out why. And it kind of stems from... social media and just everything going on in the world. And I want to help and I want to protest all of the things but like... it gets exhausting. And I didn't even really think of facebook being the problem of all of this but it kind of is?

So I don't want to get too much into politics... but I feel like you don't need to be republican or democrat to see what was going on in the world and see the things that are wrong with it. I feel very strongly about injustice and if I see people ignoring problems or believing things that are problematic... It makes me sad. And it is kind of worse when you're like "Ugh this person I never spoke to in high school just posted this thing and that makes me mad! That's awful!" So... the best way to eliminate that is to just have less friends.

And my facebook friends right now are pretty much all actually my friends. And my Family. I have 50 facebook friends and there are like 5 of them that have never been to my house... and like... that's kind of nice. If I post a picture of my house looking messy... it doesn't really matter- they've all pretty much been here! Or I would gladly invite them. I feel way more free being able to post whatever I want and I know these people won't judge me or question me. And if we disagree on something- it doesn't really matter because these are still important people in my life that I can disagree with and it won't ruin my day.

And I've been sharing these blogs on facebook because I feel more confident in my writing with a smaller audience and idk it's just... nice. I still follow people on instagram... and I would still hit them up on messenger or something if I wanted to talk. Or I could just ask my friends like "Hey what's going on with that one guy from high school.

The one downside to all of this is that the people I follow don't post all that much... so I tend to see a lot of stuff from News or some things from groups or something. I feel like I've been seeing EVERYTHING about Bindi Irwin... which is weird but I like Bindi Irwin and I'm happy for her so... Bindi Irwin can be that random person I'm facebook friends with that I like but I don't know a lot about.

Anyway I hope you guys like this post! Definitely rethink how you use social media... it's kind of freeing and part of why I've been doing this blog to begin with.

Bye!

-Shannon