Nicole’s Resolution Club #1: Quit Social Media That’s Bringing You Down
I know this is an entertainment blog. I also know you are a very cool person who can change your life for the better as I do in the process. I’m going to be sharing what I am working on to change my life in 2013, in addition to my blogging here on Pop with you. Let’s go!
The first rule of the fight club, I mean, my new Resolution Club, is to do social media your way.
My first step in getting out of my funk today, January 1, was deleting my old private Facebook account and beginning a new private one for a handful of folks. I still maintain my public Facebook account, as you should for your business regardless of your personal profile, which ironically, requires having a private Facebook account.
The rest is up to you. You can opt out of Facebook or have two private accounts: one for your fake face for your employers and one for mom and dad. You could have a profile without any friends just to maintain your business, or perhaps no friends because you only want to follow Madonna’s fan page. I got sick and tired of people from my past contacting me, gossipy former work connections I felt uncomfortable deleting, 80-something old men I did not know asking me out on dates, people making up stories about something I did on Facebook, etc.
I know I’m not alone. Several men I talk to in the culinary industry, and yes I said macho MEN(!!) you think would be drama-free also, told me to delete my personal Facebook as they did. “Live drama-free,” being the motto. One guy had his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend confront him over something he allegedly said on Facebook! Ouch!
Do you really want to be on Pinterest, pinning cutesy Martha Stewart decor photos on your cute poster wall? Do you really want seven social networks or just one? LinkedIn, where every other connection leads to a spam-like, too good to be true offer from a person you don’t know, offering say, $70,000 every month working from home? Yeah. Think about it. You waste so much time sifting through junk on social networks or wondering, “Am I going to feel bad about this? I know how my co-worker Bill makes fun of my Facebook status every morning.” Then, guess what? Don’t allow other people the opportunity to become web haters! Do what feels right for you.
All in all, I cancelled my Tumblr, Pinterest, old private Facebook I never used for obvious reasons and Instagram. Whoa! What do I still have? A public Facebook which I treat as a private one anyway, website, Twitter, a personal English language blog and a personal Japanese language blog. That’s it! I’m drama-free and hope you will be too. And should you ever want to be my friend on Facebook in your fresh start, you can add me here.
