ohrohin:

I noticed that most people were failing in having basic conversations so I deactivated my Facebook profile sometime earlier this year, in March. Conversations about the weather, about the indiscretions of vague acquaintances had all become preceded by the qualifier, “Did you see on Facebook that…?” My best friends and I suddenly had nothing to talk about, no reason to meet for a coffee, no reason to host dinner parties. I mean, if we were already witnessing each others’ thoughts crystallizing in real-time, then what use was it to meet for coffee? A physical presence amounted to awkward silences. Facebook was stunting actual interpersonal communication.

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i quit facebook in january this year and haven’t missed a minute of it. with my newly found boundless free time, I found a new job that i totally dig and am great at, traveled around the world a couple times and across the domestic u s of a a few times as well. my friendships have never been better, my close friends know who they are and i make a point to write or call when i get the chance. i’ve moved into the city, focused on a couple hobbies, and have figured out how to plan events without a facebook event page. 

i’m still a tech junkie, i have a tumblr and a twitter and love to post pictures of travels and random bits here and there with a serious post every blue moon. i advocate for social media at work, but i draw the line at a personal fb page. 

besides the free time, i felt like i didn’t really know alot of my friends anymore. i didn’t have peoples numbers or emails and i didn’t really know how to make do without adding a newly met buddy on fb the next day. 

it’s been nice remembering how to properly interact with my fellow man. 

2011 has been a banner year and i can fairly say that not wasting my time on fb and instead reinvesting in real life has been a major part of it.