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<\/p>\nThere is nothing funnier than the look people give you when they say “Contact me on Facebook” and you tell them you don’t have a Facebook account.<\/p>\n
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Or a LinkedIn account, Or Instagram, or Pinterest, or, or, or…<\/p>\n
The inevitable reply is “But you’re in Technology.”<\/p>\n
My response is “Yes, I am but I don’t have to engage in a bunch of time sucks, responding to friend requests, posting comments, liking what someone else said, or anything else. People who really know me can text or call but I have no desire to deal with people I don’t actually know in real life<\/em>.”<\/p>\n Yeah, I’m old school.<\/p>\n I’ve got a smart phone and I like it, but I don’t want to be so into the unreality of the internet that I miss the reality around me, so I don’t have or want any of those “Services<\/em>” that suck up my day offering little to nothing in return. I sure as hell don’t want to be so engrossed in my damn phone that I walk into a fountain, door, or a wall.<\/p>\n I read twitter sometimes, but don’t have a bunch of tweets. I browse the newsfeeds but am trying not to dwell on the crap that is going on around the world. I can’t do crap about it, and engaging in online discussions or “Causes<\/em>” is rather pointless. I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll comment on a hashtag. #worstdateever or something similar is fun and good for a laugh. But none of this is an addiction anymore.<\/p>\n I’m over it, I’m trying to focus my attention on my life and what’s actually in front of me.<\/p>\n I have a new chapter opening in my life and I’ve wasted too many days and too much time to keep wasting it with something that is the height of unreality.<\/p>\n Ya want to meet me? Ya want to have a drink, or dinner? <\/p>\n Call me, or text me.<\/p>\n I really do prefer, actually being in someone else’s presence. I find a real person is much more fulfilling than some “ghost from the net” sitting behind their phone of computer screen 10,000 miles away from me.<\/p>\n It may not be the right choice for you, but I think it’s going to work just fine for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is nothing funnier than the look people give you when they say “Contact me on Facebook” and you tell them you don’t have a Facebook account. Or a LinkedIn account, Or Instagram, or Pinterest, or, or, or… The inevitable reply is “But you’re in Technology.” My response is “Yes, I am but I don’t … <\/p>\n