 Skeeter
posted a photo on 28 Jan 2025
So now that
we're settling into new routines, I've had time to look at my
phone and have just been aghast at the flood of everyone's reactions
in the states as to the current, "situation." We were
out on Saturday evening and was speaking with a new friend of
ours, and was trying to explain to her how people were doing "back
home." Detecting in my voice a sense of survivor's guilt,
she gave me the best piece of advice anyone could give me, "You're
starting a new life now."
I've never
made any secrets about my dislike of Facebook, and that's been
my primary go-to for social media pretty much since its inception.
I am not alone in the sentiment that it just isn't fun any more.
I mean, it hasn't been for at least the last 8 years. I didn't
need the recent election results to not enjoy myself on that platform.
But enough is enough. It's not my community any more. So now is
the time for me to pull back for my own physical and mental health.
I'll use FB for the occasional love letter from Ireland. I won't
use it to discuss how I feel about things. I'll be over here on
Neocities and perhaps Mastodon, blogging and getting used to this
new place. My email is on my "about" page if you want
to reach out. Cheers.
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