Time to Unplug

I got into a Facebook fight today.
Mature no?
My feelings were valid and expressing them was not necessarily a bad thing. However, it turned into something much larger than I anticipated or intended. A couple dozen people responded to my post, with several posts each. Last I counted I had 65 comments.  That did not count the private messages I got. Of course 99% of these were in support of my perspective. The other 1% was the person about whom I was speaking. She didn't like it one bit and got snarky and all "woe is me" and defensive. It was infuriating.
But you know what?
I literally wasted HOURS of my day on this ridiculous Facebook argument.
HOURS--like close to 4 probably.
RI-DIC-U-LOUS.

I have had issue with how much I am on Facebook for awhile. Batman doesn't like it. Monkey gets frustrated when my face is constantly in my phone. Most of the time I am mindlessly scrolling through grumpy cat memes and breastfeeding pictures and ignoring game requests for Candy Crush. Sometimes I come across something meaningful and profound. Or I make playdates with other moms in the area. Or I share pictures of my cute kids with my family.

But approximately 80% of the time it's something I could have lived my whole life without needing to see.

And I look up and catch the tail end of Monkey tickling Baby Bug or Monkey trying to show me a new dance move she made up or Baby Bug bringing me a book to read or Batman tickling Baby Bug until she giggles. The tail END of that. And I'm in the same room--I should see ALL OF IT.

This is not to say that I have to be completely wrapped up in what they are doing every single second of every single day.

But there are many other things I could be doing instead of mindlessly scrolling through the endless sea of George Takei quotes and posts from The Oatmeal.

I could be reading (we have a goal of 25 books by the end of summer and we have about 18 left to go with one month left!) I could be exercising. I could be cleaning. I could be napping. I could be meal planning. I could be going through the things in the basement that I can sell to get extra cash. I could be going for a walk or taking the kids to the park or letting Baby Bug crawl from the front yard to the back or blowing bubbles and listening to her giggle.

Facebook is a nice place to catch up with friends and family and a nice place to zone out once in awhile, but it is time for me to zone in--on the things that are important to me.  I'm taking a 48 hour hiatus from Facebook. Doesn't seem like much but when you can barely go 7 minutes without checking your alerts, it's time to take a step back.

It's time to unplug and move around a little.