Social Networks

Social networking was the idea of the past decade. Sure, there were  other great ideas being formulated and put to great uses in the fields of technology and healthcare; however from a social standpoint these mechanisms to bring us closer together has revolutionized daily life.

Its become to easy to allow these networks to control ones daily life. I see people spending hours on end looking at photos and commenting on this or that post, and I often think to myself, "What is he/she really doing with his/her life." But then its like, "Self, your obviously being a hypocrite if you're wasting your time reading this nonsense." I've gotten caught up in a trending topic or two, but it wasn't until recently I took a step back and formed my own realization.

Some people live life, while others run to social networks in the midst of living to "tweet" or "facebook (verb)" about it.

I believe everyone is entitled to their own way of being in this world -- I mean that's what makes us individuals, but everytime I log on to the various social networks I feel a bit...artificial. I take my experience in the realm of social networks for face value, not for real life. I try my best to keep an image of relevancy and "realness," but while "keeping it real" I understand that there is only so much reality that can be explained by a Facebook status.

Some run to Twitter or Facebook, creating their own lives with blatant lies, not realizing that every now and then some people actually read what they have to say. These are the individuals I worry about the most, as it seems without a social network to relay their each and every thought, they would be nobody. Personalities are completely different from real life (I hate having to make that distinction) and social network life. People spend hours making themselves seem like the coolest kid on the playground, but in all actuality they're shy introverts that see the internet as a way to, "Scribble in their notepad and create their own life."

At the end of the day, its best for everyone to simply be themselves, realizing that these recently acquired avenues to produce thought are merely a shadow of our own realities.