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So for a while I've been thinking of giving up facebook, at least for a certain amount of time.  While I had thought about it a few different times in the past, the thought never actually developed into action though.  Which has been ok.  But something (I can't remember what right now) a few days ago was talking about all the social networking sites and avenues of interaction with people that we have these days and a thought came to mind that these things give us a false sense of relationship with people. 

Not always.  There is a slim chance that what you percieved someone was saying by a comment or status update was exactly what they meant.  But usually, there's something just a little off.  I'm not dissing facebook or twitter or any social networking sites like them.  I actually enjoy them as entertainment and as tools to broaden my knowledge of what's going on in the day-to-day lives of the people I care about.  But the thing is, while I can find out a lot about a person from what they say on facebook, there's a lot I can't find out on facebook.  And I want to remind myself of that.

While some people are easeir to read than others just from visiting their profile, you can never really get the full story from just that.  You won't know their thoughts or how they feel in the same way that you would if you were right next to them.  Relying on facebook to keep a relationship up is a poor substitute for spending real live time together.  I haven't found myself utterly guilty of relying on facebook as opposed to really pouring myself into people, but I know I have been sometimes so the reason I'm taking a break from facebook is because I want to make sure I have a good grasp on the reality of my relationships with people.
I don't just want to see a picture they've uploaded and mentally check them off the list of people to catch up with this week.  Because that's not okay.  So I won't be on Facebook for a little while. I'm not sure how long.  But until I'm sure that I'm not dependent on it.  Then it'll be fine to be on.

I'm also taking a break from updates on there btw (since I can update by text from my phone and it doesn't actually involve getting on facebook, I was debating whether or not to give that up too). Because I need to take a break from always trying to find a good way to phrase things in a concise manner. It sounds like a wierd thing to need a break from but I do. And it'll be good.

I've been off for a few days already and man, I can sorta feel it.  Which just tells me that this is good for me to be doing.

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