Expectation. A word that has played a large role in my life thus far. Don't have high expectations, but then again, don't have low expectations either. So don't have expectations? Who knows. All I know is that I have high expectations for this final summer before I graduate with my BS in Psychology. One of the highest expectations that I had for this summer, was to get a good handle on my finances, and I feel like I am on the right track with that one. Another expectation I had was to find a firmer picture of who I am as an individual. One aspect of my self that I did not necessarily favor, was my Facebook self. I spent an abundant amount of my leisure time sitting on my laptop, browsing Facebook. When I would take pictures at social events, I would be excited when I saw one that would be good for Facebook. It was as if I was living for Facebook: to plaster my life on the news feed of people who I hadn't spoke to since high school, or even middle school. It's a show of who can make their life seem more fun and exciting. I find myself lurking on multiple people just to see the intimate details of their life. It's human nature to be interested in what is happening in the private moments of other people's lives. The problem is, I found myself focused more on others, and less on myself. I found that I was missing the intimate feel of sharing information with my friends when I saw them. I was hearing "oh, I saw that on Facebook" more than I was hearing "how is life? What's new?" SO I made the decision to deactivate my Facebook. I want to bring intimacy back to my relationships in life and have actual human interaction rather than computer generated conversation. The only problem is that being away at school, my friends and family at home will not have the access to my life as they did when I was in the same location as them. That is my intention in creating this blog. I want to share my life [through picture and text] with the people who I care about and care about me. Not with random people who I happen to have met maybe once or twice and haven't talked to since. I hope that this little experiment will produce more happiness and genuineness in my life, and that it will improve the relationships I have. Thus, until the next exciting event happens in my life, toodles! - A
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