I deleted every single one of my Facebook followers…
I deleted every single one of my Facebook followers and I feel so much better!
Just a little over a month ago, I couldn’t decide whether or not to delete my personal Facebook account, which was extremely hard to do since I’ve worked hard to build up my dedicated Facebook business pages! So in lieu of deleting my Facebook page, I decided to delete every single last one of my followers. This included long-time college friends, old business acquaintances, family, friends, and so forth. It was funny at first, because I received so many inboxes asking whether or not my page was hacked. There were genuine concerns from folks who’d been on my page for ever but I haven’t talked to in years — I felt loved really that so many people noticed that I was gone. The common question was, why? Why delete everyone? Why not just temporary disable your account and take a break from your followers. Well the truth was, I didn’t want a break and I wasn’t tired of Facebook, I was tired of my followers. I know that’s a kinda harsh thing to say, but it was the truth. I felt like I was liking the same old stuff and listening to people comment about the same ole things. I was bored with my network so I decided to apply a business concept, tear it down and build it back up with folks who offered more inspiration, motivation, learning tips and so forth. I went from spending hours strolling through folks daily drama (old friends) to getting quick motivational tips from folks like Brian Tracy, Iyanla Vanzant and so many others. Truthfully, changing my Facebook environment has made me so much more productive. I’ve actually freed up my time to read more books (#bible being one true focus) instead of reading Facebook feeds. I hate to admit too, but I even been able to invested more quality time with my 2 year old (not saying that I never did, I’m a stay home mom business owner) and with my business, oppose to reading countless junk until I got to something positive.
I can honestly say, I really enjoy my feed now and the small amount of time Facebook takes from my day!
Yes, I do miss knowing what my childhood and college friends are doing daily or seeing pictures of my nieces and nephews, but I do call a lot more now. And selfishly, I am sure that I’ll miss the million happy birthday shouts but the daily inspiration I get from my feed is way more relaxing than the childhood drama, invasive solicitation inboxes, political debuts, and overwhelming opinions.
