tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post4761520959727201275..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: FacebookSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-45305194654754450322011-03-27T14:28:31.255+11:002011-03-27T14:28:31.255+11:00Thanks, dear Jennifer. I shall miss you though.Thanks, dear Jennifer. I shall miss you though.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-80919545162379506922011-03-27T02:44:07.940+11:002011-03-27T02:44:07.940+11:00Ah, I looked for you this morning and was sad to s...Ah, I looked for you this morning and was sad to see you missing, but I get it.<br /><br />You are free.<br /><br />I think of turning that outlet off, often. <br /><br />Enjoy that lovely, extra space. :)<br /><br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-1590569042917329742011-03-26T11:33:33.138+11:002011-03-26T11:33:33.138+11:00Hey there Melody. Yes, it reels you in, doesn'...Hey there Melody. Yes, it reels you in, doesn't it? I must say, I really am surprised at how much more space there is just from stopping that one thing (that obviously brings out the addictive part of my personality).<br /><br />You miss smoking? You know what I miss about it? I miss the regimented sitting down and taking a break every 20 minutes and doing some deep breathing. That's what I miss about smoking - because I really feel the need to do deep breathing throughout the day but I don't in quite the same way that felt good when I smoked, even though to do that I had to draw crap into my lungs to get the benefits. How WEIRD smoking is! :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-406307122611888552011-03-26T06:57:23.140+11:002011-03-26T06:57:23.140+11:00Thanks for "...Trying to fight the sensory ov...Thanks for "...Trying to fight the sensory overload. For me, working on a computer that needs to be online, flicking over onto Facebook is akin to taking 137 tea breaks throughout the day, breaking down my boring worklife into 38,592 segments that leave me feeling disjointed and out of my own body and wasting time like you wouldn't believe." I need that. <br /><br />I miss smoking too.Melodyhttp://logicandimagination.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-32208483928263465732011-03-25T12:21:48.597+11:002011-03-25T12:21:48.597+11:00Kel - Have you read In Praise of Slow by Carl Hono...Kel - Have you read In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore? A good read about different aspects of slow. Thanks for the comment about slow magazines - I haven't heard of Slow Magazine before and am tempted to step outside today and rush off and get a copy. Awesomeness!<br /><br />We should start off an "I Gave Facebook the Flick" group - and put it on Facebook.<br /><br />Erin - yes, it's funny how many people have switched from blogging to Facebook. Some people who are more agile than me can handle both! :) I must say, coming back here, spending more time on this blog this week than in the previous month, I wonder why I stopped doing this in the first place. <br /><br />Yes, I am very glad you and I, we email :)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-17734799642889776422011-03-25T05:39:41.717+11:002011-03-25T05:39:41.717+11:00I will miss you too, but I understand your reasoni...I will miss you too, but I understand your reasoning. I try to be careful with FB, but it sucks me in...but mostly because of the people I care about, many I know from the blogging world, who don't blog anymore. We connect on FB instead. But then, I find myself sometimes hating the soundbites, the snippets of people's lives...it's so sterile. Blogging is much more personal. And there is plenty that annoys me about FB...the politics, the passive aggression, the complainers, the endless game-players and video-posters. <br /><br />But see, you and I, we email...so it's all good. :)<br /><br />I think taking a break is healthy...maybe you will go back one day and maybe not...but what you will gain from the time and the emotional space in the interim is valuable.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-63918801091498252172011-03-24T19:14:02.641+11:002011-03-24T19:14:02.641+11:00ooh - yummy new look for autumn Susie Q
maybe we ...ooh - yummy new look for autumn Susie Q<br /><br />maybe we could start an "I gave facebook the flick" support group to help us get through the withdrawal symptoms and recalibrate our souls to the slow movement<br /><br />why not, slow has become a complete lifestyle <br />slow food, slow magazines, <br />so why not slow internet<br /><br />taking the time to compose a post, choose images, or quotes to support our thoughts<br />and then taking the time to visit other people's blogs, read and comment there<br /><br />that feels more like quality connection to me<br /><br />yay you for making the choice to quit :-)Kelhttp://www.xfacta.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-63415998895292578782011-03-24T14:21:21.797+11:002011-03-24T14:21:21.797+11:00It is, absolutely. But I will miss it anyway. I ...It is, absolutely. But I will miss it anyway. I will miss you on there :) <br /><br />It's funny, actually. I was just thinking how it may sound a bit hypocritical or weird to want to get off Facebook and come back to blogging because it feels more real here, even though that is still for the vast part with people I don't know or have met ... or at least people I don't see every day (except for you). <br /><br />But it feels different here somehow. It feels more real.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-65537030524542830562011-03-24T13:44:14.374+11:002011-03-24T13:44:14.374+11:00'Tis a far more fulfilling and meaningful spac...'Tis a far more fulfilling and meaningful space here, I think. FB is, or all too often is like tabloid journalism.blackanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730708996961329984noreply@blogger.com