I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my online presence lately. From a business perspective, I get that I need to have an online presence. After all, how would I talk with you if not for social media? Thing is, more and more, I’m finding social media is messing with my mental health. It no…
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Returning to the Dark Side
Okay, so maybe not the dark side, but I am returning to Twitter after nearly a nine month absence. I left Twitter last fall because the politics and general toxicity of the platform became too much to handle. With very few exceptions, there are no shades of gray in the Twitterverse. Everything is black and…
Turns Out We’re Listening to the News All Wrong
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve noticed the world has become increasingly politically divided. (Personally, I’d like to live under a rock so as to avoid the politics, but sadly, the world will not let me, much as I try.) Anyway, if you are being bombarded with political info – and that would be…
Barb’s Social Media Detox: 22 Days In
It’s been 22 days since I started my social media sabbatical. With only two exceptions (Tattoo’s engagement and Intrigue author Paula Grave’s death) I have not been on Facebook or Twitter. I’ll confess I did stay on Snapchat until January 4, but that was to follow my son and his fiancé’s vacation photos. I logged…