when social media fails

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Social media is really making me sad lately. I feel as if my life is becoming more and more consumed with staying "updated" on everyone's business. Especially with Instagram, I now know exactly what everyone has consumed for each meal, what color their fingernails are painted, and what clothes they are trying on at stores. Bad thing is, I'm sucked into this black hole. I think really everyone is. And if you do not own a Facebook or have deactivated yours, I envy your willpower to do so.

Don't get me wrong, I love staying updated on my close friends and family, and of course I love all of the lovely blogger ladies :) But... I've been really thinking about deleting my Facebook. I am constantly on it, and I don't even know why. I feel as if I'm being drug down by the negative comments that are being said.

Here are some prime examples. (Pictures and names have been blurred)

^lovely.

^This one makes me so angry. Because I wear yoga pants! And mine are NOT skin tight, and I don't look like a whore. The person who posted this is actually a good friend of mine, but I was definitely not happy when I read that.

^This was posted right after Joe Pa, Penn State's legendary football coach had died. I have a soft spot in my heart for Penn State and for Joe Pa, and this one just hurt. Like, why would you even post this? It just makes me so angry and sad at the same time. Death should never be joked about or taken lightly.

^Someone posted this directly after my best friends Emily and Matt got engaged. I mean, I know this isn't a terribly negative status, but it is still bringing down people. Like come on, we're in our 20's now, this stuff like marriage and kids is bound to happen.

Twitter is the same way. Only worse. I think people feel more free to express their true feelings on there.

Here is a prime example of the stuff that I see all the time:

I mean, it is CONSTANT posts and updates like this. Why? Why are we always bringing each other down? I was always taught that if you don't have anything nice to say, then you didn't say anything at all.

My good friend Jesse once said something that really made me laugh, but was totally true. He said,
"Yeah I deleted my Facebook and Twitter for like a day. But then I realized that I had no way to get the latest news."
He is so funny. You really have to know his personality to just laugh, he is a hoot. But it is so true. I think that our society is so "addicted" as you will to social media, I think that if we were disconnected from it, we seriously would have withdrawals. I know I would. I would probably be twitching. Well, maybe not that much. But I really would feel like I was missing out on something.

I'm really not sure what I should do. Should I delete my Facebook but keep my other social media accounts? Should I just narrow my friends down on Facebook to only the people I really talk to? Or should I just quit cold turkey and delete all social media and be done with it?

I could never delete my blog. This is the place where I vent. This is where I express my creativity. I love blogging so much.
Everything else? Not so much.