Have you ever been so riled by a Facebook comment that it's effected your day? Or are you just sick and tired of hearing from people you'd rather had been left with your compass at school?
After I had my son, I made a decision to delete my personal Facebook account, for this very reason.
Annoying comments from people I hadn't seen in 15 years, seeing attention seeking posts from people I didn't even like, requests from people I certainly didn't want in my life - this stuff was taking up precious time in my life. Time I should've been spending with my newborn baby. But you know the addiction is real!
It was quite a tough decision to make. I had years of photos, I'd never see again and lots of lovely memories with people I still held close. But, for me, it was the right thing to do. I was far too affected by people and their actions back then and the only way I felt I could make a change in my life was to delete and start again.
B E S T D E C I S I O N E V E R
I held off creating a new account for a while, sticking to Twitter and Instagram to share photos of my beautiful new baby and engage with other like-minded Mama's. A year or so later, I decided I needed Facebook in my life again. I created a new account and now I only 'friend' other like-minded Mama's and lovely ladies who I want to hear from.
I've avoided connecting with family members and anyone outside of this 'gang' to avoid the same problems I had before. Not everyone likes it. Do I care? Not really. There are other ways of connecting with people and anyone I want in my life will be in my life whether Facebook exists or not.
When I see people complaining about childhood friends and seeing their exes on Facebook. I realise once again what a burden it had been for me.
If Facebook is getting you down, you have to do something about it. Now. Life will go on without it. I promise you.
It's a great tool for so many reasons, but if it's causing any form of negativity in your life, ditch that shit now. Just deleting or hiding certain folk from your timeline might help but with a complete refresh, you avoid the time hop style posts haunting you later down the line.
Back up your photos, re connect with the people you love hearing from, give another platform a try (you'll be surprised how many of your friends are already on there) and feel that same release I did 3 and a half years ago.
