So like a 7 year old on Christmas eve, I was counting down the minutes until I was liberated from my self-imposed social network detox.  I was looking forward to the ability to put my thoughts into the universe (I think its safe to say that Social Networks & the Internet =  the Universe to most tech prone people these days)  to see what it would attract.

The only social network I craved though was the Gram. Maybe it was because of my insatiable desire to post pics? and receive the shallow attention seeking/instant gratification/validation of likes that would hopefully ensue? More than likely.

To follow up on my previously recorded purpose of the detox (social network detox), I still stand by all of it.  Another observation of the process is the amount of information I digested. I typically read 15-20 articles/studies a day, by way of  twitter/facebook. Not being on them, it was reduced to about 5 a day. I was unable to peruse issues curated through the networks I chose that reflect my interests/tastes. I was left slightly uninformed of real time issues (there were several occasions where I was 24-48 hours “late” based on relying on word of mouth). Therefore, I had less concern/interest in most promoted issues going on around me, and more interest/concern in my own thoughts and life occurrences.

I couldn’t escape what was going on in my life (but thats another story).

It’s about 10 hours in and I’ve perused Twitter & Instagram for about an hour of that time and I’m already irritated with myself for being back on lol. I have a contradictory fantasy of what I think social networks should be, where I think every thing should be about sharing humor, growth, learning, and humility. But it’s not and I really need to accept that. I seek depth & meaning in the wrong places.

Maybe I need more time…