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| You too can get suckered - try your best not to "Simply Said" |
I know what you're thinking, but these 5 steps are simple to implement. You probably already have at some point - and then at another point in time you GAVE IN...
The
founder of Facebook and other social media forums ARE NOT YOUR
THERAPIST, SO WHEN THEY ASK YOU "what's on your mind?" do you REALLY
post your thoughts, grievances, arguments, boy or girl toys, woe of the
day online for depending on your privacy settings your "friends" really
want to know that you're cooking dumpling? So you posted the pic so
that they can eat it through their screens?
How clever for websites to ask you a simple question and pay YOU some attention. How much information do you put on your profile? Here's a really good one for anyone that grew up with the understanding that the government might not always be as helpful as you thought they could be.
The law is the law, if you were to break a law and the authorities confiscated your lap top or computer for investigative purposes because of social media sites the powers that be have absolutely no problem finding your "friends" and knowing just what really was "on your mind" leading up to um I don't know that bank robbing.
So you may say to yourself it's just for fun, I just use it for fun it's entertainment, I get to keep in touch with friends and family. Okay I hear you loud and clear, but take heed to these tips:
(sorry sweetie you got sucked in)
SOLUTION: Don't take Social Media default questions so seriously and literally - Relax - you've heard of PDA well there is such a thing as VDA: Virtual Displays of Asinine behavior
If you can do #1, there is no need for me to give you 2-5
2. Do you really need to do a "check in" all the time? you know I'm laughing right now but I know of someone that did a check in miles away from their home, even posted their main course meal online for all to see and as that was happening he was unaware that his house was being robbed.
SOLUTION: Perhaps you could limit yourself to telling the world or your world of peoples exactly where you are, not everyone is for you. You might be a victim of a home invasion who wants that?
3. Who wants to read your long drawn out rant? I know you got a lot "on your mind" but you're part of what makes news feeds so hard to go through. You wouldn't normally tell 1400 people what's bothering you at that present time. I'm sure you have a "friend" that you can confide in.
SOLUTION: Get off of your mobile device, lap top or computer and pick up a phone and actually have a conversation with a person you trust, better yet drop on your knees and give the Lord your woes.
4. Everything in moderation - YES TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU. How many hours, or how much time do you spend in front of a screen that could be used doing something more productive? There is now such a thing as being addictive to online programming. Imagine that - pretty soon they will be support groups to help you cope. "Hi my name is Jack" Hi Jack! "Yeah well I'm Jack and I'm addicted to online social sites, I pulled a Wiener on my wife and as a result I'm heading for divorce, I lost my job from constantly playing games, apparently I asked to many of my "friends" to join me and help me build my farms and crush candy with me."
SOLUTION: Balance it out
5. Love yourself, look at yourself in the mirror and daily affirm "I am somebody, I am special, I am important and my relationship status on line should have no bearing on how I conduct myself on or off line" Sometimes you just have to hear it to believe it.
SOLUTION: Don't get too carried away - especially with your relationship status it's complicated (who cares) last week it read "married". Learn to love yourself PLEASE DO if you took the time out and spent it on you, doing things just for you, by you and to you. Your attitude and perspective towards your "online life" would be a lot more care free.
Admit it, did you get sucked in? are you stuck trying to get out of the "web" of online non important virtual distractions. Yeah take the good and the bad, there are pros and cons on this topic but whatever you do be easy!
Till my next entry...
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