I found myself:
Reading books rather than blogs
Listening to podcasts
Being more proactive about my homework
Actively seeking news and information online
Texting and e-mailing—a lot
Thumbing through magazines
Aggressively protecting my evening unwinding time, which actually led to LESS work being accomplished at home—oops.
Honestly, life just felt better. Social media has an important place in contemporary society, and I don’t think I’m ready to chuck it altogether. I’m just not sure how much I want it to be so much a part of the way I do life. It’s not the time, really; it’s more the way it weasels its way into my lifestyle, dictating my habits. At the end of the week, though, it started to feel normal to not log-in; I guess the power is in the change of pace and once that wears off, it becomes the new "normal."
Although I’m constantly connected to hundreds of people, it sometimes makes me terribly lonely to only be connected via the Internet, passively consuming the intimate details of their lives via social networking. Relationships require proactive effort.
I’m working on that.
This last week, I really, really wanted to tell you that I wore my pajamas to work on Tuesday (yay for spirit week); I ate Nana’s spaghetti on Monday; I really love this gloomy weather; I had a kid intentionally throw a pencil at me; The Doctor was more of an asshole than usual this week; for three periods a day , I LOVE my job and my students, but one period of hell is enough to make me want to quit—every day; I’m planning a Halloween party, and it’s making me giddy; I’m trying to get out of debt, so I’m not using my credit card, and the last week of this month seems never-ending; I miss my college friends; and I am tired of this informal, no-definition shit, and I want a good-ol'-fashioned, boring relationship.
I know you missed out on all that minutiae [she says sarcastically], so there it is.
1 comments:
I noticed you were missing from Twitter this week. It was sad! And even though it takes away from "really" interacting with people, it makes me feel that much closer to you! I begged Pieter to let us move to Livermore some day in the future. You like to hang out, and I like to hang out with you!
Post a Comment