The Urge to Write

Since starting my blog, I have realized that I like to write. I figure this is true because, if there is one thing you know about me, it's that I love to talk. I have an incredible ability to go on and on for hours about nothing. I like to write because I feel like once I get going I can paint a pretty vivid picture in your head with the words on a screen and I actually making a conscious effort of  thinking before I speak but being trapped in the 'digital age' has hindered that. Relying on Twitter and Facebook to update you with 'relevant information' is extremely suffocating. I constantly found myself aimlessly scrolling through my Twitter feed, checking Facebook, and repeating this action for an extended period of time. In a way my Twitter was my word-vomit journal, I would tweet about everything and anything; silly thoughts, life's biggest questions, things that would randomly pop into my head and so on.

I am dependent of social media and my iPhone. I have realized this and have taken action to become less connected. I have deactivated both my Twitter and my Facebook, it's definitely not permanent but it is going to be for a while. I like having a place to document my COMPLETE thoughts and not be limited to 140 characters. I have wanted to deactivate my Twitter for a while now but because it is a big part of my life I didn't know how I would take to not having somewhere for my thoughts to go. Around the same time I started thinking about deactivating my Twitter, my friend Emily created a blog and does a spectacular job blogging, you can check it out HERE! After I saw that, i was inspired to blog. How could you not be?!

My deal with Facebook isn't that I was constantly updating my status, it's that I used it as a weapon. A weapon that I used to judge and to make a target for whatever I felt necessary. I didn't do this very often but when I did and realized it I felt horrible. The way the world is these days there is no room for hatred and anger. I don't want to fuel the fire, I want to extinguish it.

Until I feel that I can be a respectful part of society without social media, I will be disconnected and you can continue to find me here.

Cheers