Today was the 30th day (December 2, 2011). I put out my first Facebook post today. I got two hits on it. In the whole 30 days, 5 people have questioned my absence. I have 1,002 friends on Facebook. That's right...five of them noticed my cyber death. So basically, less than .5% of my friends on Facebook noticed my absence. Oh boy.
I haven't tweeted yet. My first blog post will happen in just a few hours. In a lot of ways, I haven't felt the need to tweet. I have caught up with a few friends, been so much more productive, and been a lot more in touch with my feelings (this is a rarity).
On the downside, I've felt very much alone in the things I felt day to day. There were times I ached to put something out into the universe just to make myself feel better for that brief moment. Now realizing that very few people even notice these attempts, it almost seems like it's less worth it in the end. There were also moments where friends weren't available...when I wanted to get something off my chest...so I texted a friend and got no reply. Those moments are lonely. So then I jumped on here and blogged my way thought it...though you will only read it a month after it's all said and done.
This is also quite appropriate. This blog entry (the 30th day of this little experiment) will drop at 12:01 central time on New Years Day. I have no idea what I'll be doing that day....or the night before that day. I sure hope, though, it brings about something wonderful in my life. I also hope that this experiment will help me realize who the important people are in my life...the ones that take the time to notice my existence and have genuine concern when I have been MIA. I hope just reading this opens your eyes to something new. Social media sometimes isn't as social as we think it is. Sometimes, like in my case, it really is only one-sided.
I haven't tweeted yet. My first blog post will happen in just a few hours. In a lot of ways, I haven't felt the need to tweet. I have caught up with a few friends, been so much more productive, and been a lot more in touch with my feelings (this is a rarity).
On the downside, I've felt very much alone in the things I felt day to day. There were times I ached to put something out into the universe just to make myself feel better for that brief moment. Now realizing that very few people even notice these attempts, it almost seems like it's less worth it in the end. There were also moments where friends weren't available...when I wanted to get something off my chest...so I texted a friend and got no reply. Those moments are lonely. So then I jumped on here and blogged my way thought it...though you will only read it a month after it's all said and done.
This is also quite appropriate. This blog entry (the 30th day of this little experiment) will drop at 12:01 central time on New Years Day. I have no idea what I'll be doing that day....or the night before that day. I sure hope, though, it brings about something wonderful in my life. I also hope that this experiment will help me realize who the important people are in my life...the ones that take the time to notice my existence and have genuine concern when I have been MIA. I hope just reading this opens your eyes to something new. Social media sometimes isn't as social as we think it is. Sometimes, like in my case, it really is only one-sided.
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