Have you ever caught yourself giving up a part of yourself to someone who doesn’t appreciate who you are?<\/p>\n

Have you ever come to the realization that you have been dumping a \u00a0lot of energy into a bottomless pit and getting very little in return?<\/p>\n

Have you been reading this blog over the last year?<\/p>\n

If you answered Yes Yes No to this, then you’re just like me!<\/p>\n

I’ve been horribly addicted to social media. Particularly Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. So much so that a good chunk of my “downtime” has been fragmented across these three platforms. I would spend about 1-2 hours a day on all three checking stuff out and not really giving back to myself, other than the sugar coated rush of instant gratification of people “liking” what I posted.<\/p>\n

This has got to stop.<\/p>\n

As well, I find that I am exerting energies on creating content for other sites<\/em> that may or may not use the stuff I created for their advertising purposes. And barely (if at all?) getting credit(s) for it.<\/p>\n

THIS has got to stop.<\/p>\n

I have to start making stuff for me.<\/p>\n

I’m finding my “voice” has become fragmented. Blurted thoughts will \u00a0be posted on Twitter or on Facebook, shots I think were fun are getting tossed up on Instagram. I find I am censoring myself on Facebook for the sake of people who may not know me and my sense of humour. If I have a follower on IG, then they don’t necessarily get a full picture of who I am, really (or as much as an online “picture” I allow to be shown). Connecting this\u00a0fragmentation to find out who I am is a lot like trying to piece a puzzle together while\u00a0wearing gloves, while riding\u00a0a unicycle in the subway. Nobody’s going to do it so why bother?<\/p>\n

I’m not walking away from IG, FB and Twitter, but I am certainly going to think thrice about what I toss up there.<\/p>\n

I hope you come back and read every so often.<\/p>\n

As incentive, here is a picture of Gary Sinise as he appears in Mission: Space<\/em>, the ride at EPCOT. You’re welcome.<\/p>\n

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