I am spending a day in bed with my laptop. Romantic hey! I need to have a semi rest day. I will be making some changes to my blog so I apologise if it is annoying in any way. My last post was my 400th and I have 277 tags. Ridiculous! I thought so too! So I am going to fix this.
I have spent a little time on Facebook these holidays and have added some old friends as well as a couple of new ones. It’s great to find people I know and after the discussion I had earlier in the week, think I might use these tools to stay in touch with friends as the younger lot are.
When you are in your 40s though, many of your friends are not on Facebook, or any other social networks that I can find. Yesterday I called an old friend who I haven’t seen for around 4 years. I have a small pile of his stuff that I have uncovered in this cleaning frenzy I’ve been in. I am dropping it off to him today whilst I am in Melbourne. I have attempted to find him on Facebook. Somehow I had lost his details. Possibly a dysfunctional mobile phone that I’d been using at the time. Fortunately I found a piece of paper with his details on it. The whole experience made me realise how easy it is to lose track of friends. We all have busy lives.
Facebook has had some negative press, as have many other social networking sites. It all comes back to the individual user though really. If you are in it to get the largest number of friends or making all your details open to the public, you could encounter an invasion of privacy. I would argue it is one that you have invited.
Solitude
I have had ridiculously late nights all week. In my delicious solitude I have kept no track of time and have eaten when I feel hungry. I found myself going to bed after 3.00am most nights. I haven’t lived like this for years. I am generally in bed before 10.00 most nights. I’m not sure what has gotten into me!
I haven’t been reading as much as a result. Normally I go to bed at 9.00ish and read for an hour. As I have been so late going to bed, I have gone straight to sleep. I have been sleeping in as well.
I used to live like this all the time when I was younger. I don’t really like it. I am going to bed early tonight. I want to read and awake early. I am heading to Melbourne tomorrow to catch up with loved ones.