Oh Facebook, you annoy me so!

So, some folks have noticed and others haven't. Honestly, I really don't care which group you may fall into. I have taken a hiatus from Facebook. I haven't been on since June 23rd and it's nice. Sometimes looking at my news feed sincerely bothers me. Seeing posts about hating a job, hating your ex, having haters (some of yall need to learn the difference between haters and people who simply state the obvious), excessive posters, people with bad attitudes and bad grammar/spelling or anything else that may find its way from the peon brain of a Facebook friend of mine to the News Feed is absolutely ridiculous. I get that we all have the right to post what we want and speak our minds. I also get the point that many people make by saying "If you don't like what I have to say, don't read it." Unfortunately, I wont know that I don't like it until after I read it but going along with that point, i'm now choosing not to read it. At least for a brief while. I took a similar hiatus in October and it was so nice. I still wondered how my friends were doing but I simply called or texted those people to see about them. Wild concept, eh?

The reason I did this is because there is already so much negativity in the world and in our own lives, I don't need to borrow the drama from anyone else's life. I know some people will say "That's your fault for letting others manipulate your emotions" and if that's how you feel, fine. This isn't about you, it's about me doing what is right for me. Because I do care about a portion of the people on my friends list, when something bothers them, I hope and pray for a positive resolution for them. Sometimes, it's simply too much. For those that I don't care about as much, it's simply whining and bellyaching being pumped into my personal space. I don't deal with whiners. I even tell my cousin's two year old that I don't put up with whining. She gets it and will stop whining and use her words.

With that said, if you've tried to contact me on Facebook sometime in the last eight or nine days, i'm not ignoring you, just the medium you chose to contact me through. If you really want or need to talk to me, my email, Skype, Twitter, and phone (as The Boy says "Talk on the phone? Do people still do that anymore?!?") are indeed working and you can try one of those. Not sure how long this hiatus will be and it's not really important. I do know that I have been more productive, harbor less bitterness towards the News Feed Evildoers, and feel so much better about myself since i've started ignoring the FB Notifications on my phone and avoiding the favorited website with that little blue icon. It's such a much needed relief and i'm going to enjoy it until I feel the desire to go back to my old technological timekiller. Until then, i'm enjoying the peace.