Done & Done

I just realized that I haven't posted to this blog since rejoining facebook. No good! I plan on being much more active here in the future.

One thing that will encourage that is the fact that I've deleted my facebook account. I haven't temporarily deactivated it or taken a hiatus. I've gotten rid of it for good.

I just finished reading a book entitled The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I plan on reading it again right away and really making note of the things that resonated with me. One thing that did stick with me was her approach at deciding what to include in her regular life. She asked very simple and pointed questions. What in your life makes you feel good? What in your life makes you feel bad? Obviously we can't avoid every bad feeling. Sometimes certain responsibilities just suck and don't make us happy. But facebook? What an optional part of life! Did I enjoy keeping in touch with people and hearing about their lives? Yes. But I can also do that through email, snail mail, and phone calls. Almost every time I checked facebook it made me feel bad in some way. Between the gossip, the politics and the arguments I was always feeling frustrated. I won't pretend that I didn't participate in some of that myself. But why subject myself daily to something that makes me feel bad? It seems kind of crazy to me.

I know there are quite a few friends and family members who liked my Asa updates so I'll be uploading pics to flickr or a similar site now and then and linking to them here so everyone stays updated.

I also plan on keeping up with my own version of The Happiness Project on here, as well as just random musings and updates.

Thanks for reading and hanging out in the panyk room!