2 Weeks Without Social Media

So it's been 2 weeks now since I gave up facebook, twitter, and pinterest for lent. So far it's been going pretty good. At first it was very hard not to log into facebook. My usual routine is to go on the internet and then open up gmail and facebook. I spent lots of my time those first couple days typing in facebook then getting to the site and discovering I wasn't signed in and realizing that I gave it up. I've since mostly stopped doing that. Now as I'm typing facebook into the search bar I realize that I gave it up.

I've also realized that not that much happens on facebook that I'm really needing to check up on. Occasionally I find myself thinking that I could post something on someone's wall or something similar, but then I realize I got just text that person to tell them. Or I could call them or just tell them in person when I see them. Also my friend Traci wrote me a letter and so we've started a little snail mail correspondence. I love getting mail so I have enjoyed that so far and actually I'm finding out more about her life through that than I probably would have on facebook.

As far as the original purpose of giving up these types of media so I could spend more time in prayer, intentional listening to God, etc. I haven't been very good at that. Instead I've either spent more time working on my homework (which is actually a plus) or else looking up random articles online to read. For the remainder of lent I'm going to try really hard to only use my computer for homework related things or blogging. That way I can spend more time with God and also in real relationships with people.