This past weekend was the Fourth of July. My twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages was filled with bar-barques, parties, and people being very patriotic. I did all of these things, but I did not post on my Facebook or Twitter how awesome my Fourth holiday was.
Does this make me a loser in the sense of today's world? I do have all of the latest social media but I don't really use it. My Twitter has less than 200 tweets and my Facebook hasn't been updated since late May. I am officially an unplugged loser. I have all the proper tools to have a 21st century social life but there are still things I am uncomfortable sharing. I am an introvert I do not like talking to others in person let alone sharing my personal life online.
I can do this (writing a blog) because I love writing! Writing a post for a blog does not have to involve my face or my friends and family being shared with the world. The people who read this blog unless I send it to someone, do not know my face.
In this world of oversharing we have started to look more the same than unique. Everyone seems to post the same things and if you do not then your life is boring. No my life is not boring I am just not posting it for the world to see.
It's like the new Taco Bell commercial promoting it's new nacho wrap. The commercial talks about our world of sharing that we have gotten to the point where we overshare everything and it's becoming too much. Then there is the new Chinet commercial which talks about remembering what social used to be like, showing people talking together with their phones put away. Why can this be the norm again?
Being an unplugged loser may be my truth, but I am proud to not be posting everything that happens in my life. I do not want to see the world through my computer screen. Catch up with friends via Facebook, but at my local bar. Instead of sharing moments online why not share moments in person? Share love and hope, instead of what you have for lunch today.
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