Facebook is addictive! No it really is! I have been on chutti the past four days and have been religiously following birthday greetings, new year party plans, vacations in Goa....
Somewhere though, in all those status updates and holiday plans, I lost me...
Writing - that is what had started it all for me. This need to be online, to be socially networked, to be wired in, to be. Its sad but true - in the past few months there has been precious little to write about - between rushed breakfasts, one-minute phone calls and some crazy friendship/singleship/relativeship/workship dynamics this is the one thing that I found easiest to ignore.
You know, there is that streak in all of us - ummm, selfishness? well, this is mine rearing its head to say that maybe I need a break..Sorry facebook, orkut - u guys know its not about you..
This is about me. About an experiment. The "One Year Itch" - a one-year project - my new social experiment. I will not be active on facebook for a full one year - starting today, the 29th (or is is 30th? - what the heck!) of Dec. I will not post any update or add to any discussion, I will not like (:-(), comment, or tag. I will not beat your score or feed my animals. Don't get me wrong, I am not deactivating my account - I am just taking time-out to see if in today's day and age relationships/friendships can still mean the same without fb/orkut. Basically, In that sense I will be a social recluse. But (here it is, the best disclaimer of all!), only if you know me/interact with me here, in the virtual world. I needed a goal and this is what I zeroed in on - just call it my quest for self-realization, my need to pamper my mad streak, my need to do something random!
Its tough. It really is - dunno How I'll do without my daily dose of facebook. Dunno, how I will desist from logging in, just checking on whats happening with whom, on clicking on "like" when a friend posts an interesting quote/pic/thought or the new "dislike"? Gosh, its gonna be really really tough.
Ouch!
Guys, Maybe I have lost it. But what is losing? it is ultimately giving up something that which somebody else gains (I told you I have lost it!)!
Though not sure how I'll be able to stay away, for now I'll stick to saying - "we are on a break"!;-)) But I will be back! Same time next year - as of now I freeze my time capsule!:D:D
P.S. I will be shifting my blog to http://the-one-year-itch.blogspot.com/- you can be a part of my my new social experiment and real-life escapades there!:D:D