It is 1:00am. I have been on Facebook for two whole hours and I am very tired. But I pry my eyes open in order to tap the keys on my laptop to message my friends. I don’t want to miss anything important. I mean what if someone needs advice at 1:03am or my dance group starts to decide our costume at 1:14am? And as I sit here and type away I wonder if technology is actually needed for a healthy social life.
I have never been so “In the loop”. However, I have also never monitored Facebook at all times. But this has led to a slight obsession with Facebook and it is like déjá vu. I used to rarely check my Facebook page. I barely updated my status (I still don’t update my status) and I rarely messaged my friends. But now I feel like I am pushed to actually use a Facebook account. If I don’t check my messages I will not know when my next dance practice is, whose birthday it is (yeah I realize this sounds bad), or current events in my friend’s lives. Other school activities, such as Link Crew and NHS, are also much simpler with these new methods of contact. So many facets of life have actually started to require having a facebook account.
But we didn’t always have Facebook. I only created a Facebook page at my friend’s insistence in seventh grade. I recall the days when I called each of my friends and talked non-stop for an hour or two on end. With this method of communication, I would know if someone was jubilant, sarcastic, irritated, or upset. I could hear their voice inflections and infer their mood. In this way, their voices acted as automatic lie-detectors. My home phone has now become archaic. I never use this appliance since I would rather text or chat people. Thus, it has become uncomfortable to converse with the friends for a long time.
When I grow old and reminisce about my youth, I want to remember the crazy adventures my friends and I had. Recalling the hours I wasted to stare at a blank screen is not how I envision . And when I get over my addiction to Facebook, that will happen.
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