I'm dropping out of facebook.

(Rory told me I should call this post, 'I kissed facebook goodbye.')

I have had a few different conversations this summer regarding facebook that have led me to think really hard about my relationship with this friend connector. And I've come up with two conclusions:

1. I'm just on it too much. I really want to be writing lately, but every time I sit down at my computer I think I'll just check facebook real quick, and suddenly I am lost in a sea of photo albums.

2. I use it as a companion when I am lonesome in Nebraska. And though this has been helpful at times, lately I've been wondering if it really is all that healthy to go to my computer when I am lonely. I think I probably just need to feel lonesome for a while. And then I need to go find actual breathing friends in my own community to build friendships with.

So this is goodbye to my 448 facebook friends. I'll miss your witty status updates and quiz results. Drop me a line at beccagroves(at)gmail(dot)com anytime. Or keep tabs on me here. I hope to be posting a bit more now that summer camp is almost over.

More on the facebook conversation...

I have had a couple different reactions of other people to my facebook departure:

1. Surprised and weirded out

2. Deeply confessional and guilt ridden

3. Understanding and curious

4. Article Sending http://www.newsweek.com/id/183180/page/1

Again, I only dropped out because of my personal goals of procrastinating less and writing more. I believe that most probably are using facebook for healthy amounts of time and I honestly wish I could have had more self control to fall into this category.

(This is my last screen shot from last night after deleting all my friends. When I went to send my friend Crystal one last message I tried to type a link and these were my security words to retype. If you've heard my eschatological seminary story, you might find this humorous that this was my word to retype. Eschatological: pertaining to the end of times.)