Time To Stop/Take Stock
Something clicked in my mind this morning when I woke up.
I made a conscious effort to cut down on reading Facebook posts, and also to stop posting on it totally from now on.
Why? Well, I realised that it's become a norm for everyone to create an impression of you based on what you have on your Facebook profile, and the fact is most of the time that perception of who you are is not even accurate at all. Not that what anyone thinks of me should matter to me, but it doesn't help to make things easier in a society that is already filled with so many misconstrued notions.
Yes, what you get from my Facebook profile is a part of me. But it is only one part of me. It doesn't represent me or my ideals, or who I really am. It doesn't show you things that I don't share openly.
The danger with using Facebook is that after a while, we ourselves begin to get drawn into this mistaken perception of who we think we are as well. We begin to believe what others think we are and forget the things that might be really important to us, so important that it had to be kept private from the public. I think I am finding that out myself too, and what's why I am making a last ditch attempt to leave before I get stuck in this other dimension of mistaken identity.
I made a conscious effort to cut down on reading Facebook posts, and also to stop posting on it totally from now on.
Why? Well, I realised that it's become a norm for everyone to create an impression of you based on what you have on your Facebook profile, and the fact is most of the time that perception of who you are is not even accurate at all. Not that what anyone thinks of me should matter to me, but it doesn't help to make things easier in a society that is already filled with so many misconstrued notions.
Yes, what you get from my Facebook profile is a part of me. But it is only one part of me. It doesn't represent me or my ideals, or who I really am. It doesn't show you things that I don't share openly.
The danger with using Facebook is that after a while, we ourselves begin to get drawn into this mistaken perception of who we think we are as well. We begin to believe what others think we are and forget the things that might be really important to us, so important that it had to be kept private from the public. I think I am finding that out myself too, and what's why I am making a last ditch attempt to leave before I get stuck in this other dimension of mistaken identity.