I’ve spent the past few years off of Facebook after I canceled my account to escape the anxiety that I felt it was giving me. I only rejoined in the past few weeks because my community board only meets on a Facebook page for this rural Florida town that I own property in. I deliberately added contact information that only friends could read, to know where to reach me more consistently. I don’t plan on adding friends on the platform because I will not be posting there or participating in online dialogue unless it deals directly with my community board.
Living without Google is virtually impossible. I was using google before smartphones became popular because It was the easiest yellow pages anyone could use. After some time, I figured out that you can probably find the answers to some of life’s biggest secrets by paying attention to the common search results. I tried to not use google for the week but I couldn’t because plenty of research is required when enrolled in 5 classes. The same was true with avoiding amazon. It may not be as difficult to avoid purchases but with so many classes and books to order; I couldn’t not use amazon.
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I agree with you about the anxiety issues about Facebook. Google as well, it’s hard not to use but interesting to realize just how addictive it has become.