Comments on: Facebook v. Life http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/ Rachel Leigh Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Emilie http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Emilie Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:32:18 +0000 http://rachel.leighweb.com/?p=1910#comment-425 Hey Girl!!! Sam m'a dit à propos de ton article sur Facebook, et maintenant enfin, je prends le temps d'y jeter un oeil! J'ai aussi fait le pas!! Haha! FREEDOOOOOOM!! Mais ce n'est pas facile (mdr, on dirait une réunion des alcooliques anonymes qui essayent d'arrêter de boire! Mais on en est là : c'était une addiction!). Bref. Je crois que je vais faire pareil que toi : mettre en mode hébreux, et un code tout long et incompréhensible que j'oublierai! NA! Enfin, depuis que je ne vais plus sur Facebook...je me demande comment j'ai pu prendre le temps d'y aller auparavant! Il y a tellement de choses à faire dans cette vie! Bien plus constructives et créatives que Facebook!! Bref, pour une vie plus épanouissante et moins virutelle! =) Vive le piano, l'écriture, la peinture, la danse (oui, je me suis mise à tout ça!)! Et bien sûr, le Saint-Esprit! =) Tu as tellement raison! Avec tout plein d'amour! Youhou! En étant déconnectée de facebook, on est connectée toute les deux ma soeur! Même à des miliers de kilomètres on vit la même chose! Haha! lol! Hey Girl!!!

Sam m’a dit à propos de ton article sur Facebook, et maintenant enfin, je prends le temps d’y jeter un oeil!

J’ai aussi fait le pas!! Haha! FREEDOOOOOOM!! Mais ce n’est pas facile (mdr, on dirait une réunion des alcooliques anonymes qui essayent d’arrêter de boire! Mais on en est là : c’était une addiction!). Bref.

Je crois que je vais faire pareil que toi : mettre en mode hébreux, et un code tout long et incompréhensible que j’oublierai! NA!

Enfin, depuis que je ne vais plus sur Facebook…je me demande comment j’ai pu prendre le temps d’y aller auparavant! Il y a tellement de choses à faire dans cette vie! Bien plus constructives et créatives que Facebook!! Bref, pour une vie plus épanouissante et moins virutelle! =) Vive le piano, l’écriture, la peinture, la danse (oui, je me suis mise à tout ça!)! Et bien sûr, le Saint-Esprit! =) Tu as tellement raison!

Avec tout plein d’amour! Youhou! En étant déconnectée de facebook, on est connectée toute les deux ma soeur! Même à des miliers de kilomètres on vit la même chose! Haha! lol!

]]> By: Sheri http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Sheri Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:58:47 +0000 http://rachel.leighweb.com/?p=1910#comment-421 I have to smile when I read this. When I was young (so long ago) we did not have Facebook. So every church camp I attended, I took on pen pals. By the time I was your age I had figured out that people were just not writers and I also thought that if I were important to them, they would expend the energy to keep in touch. I dumped a lot of them (I was writing to over 50 people) and turned to only staying in touch with those who would write back (about 5!) It was very freeing and a bit scary at the time! Later in my early 30s I started a newsletter. I had the newsletter for 14 years (until I started college and a blog) and kept it contained to those people and my immediate family who are scattered about the Midwest. I may return to that after college or get a family blog going. My current blog, while open to anyone who is interested, is set to not be found by Google... I am writing for my friends, not everyone. In my 40s, FB has been seen as an easy way of keeping in touch with all those people who are a more "loose" connection. I don't put a whole lot of effort into it, but it is there when I need to reach out and connect with someone I know might have an answer for me. It is how I got my camera (touching base with a photographer I used to work with) or how I got some help on a couple of Illustrator projects from someone in my online community who is a graphic artist. In my situation, it is a tool. However, keeping in touch with people you love is difficult enough without added pressure! So I support you in turning it off. If it is a pressure... let it go. Who needs that? We who love and care about you know where to find you... here on a wonderful blog!!! I have to smile when I read this. When I was young (so long ago) we did not have Facebook. So every church camp I attended, I took on pen pals. By the time I was your age I had figured out that people were just not writers and I also thought that if I were important to them, they would expend the energy to keep in touch. I dumped a lot of them (I was writing to over 50 people) and turned to only staying in touch with those who would write back (about 5!) It was very freeing and a bit scary at the time!

Later in my early 30s I started a newsletter. I had the newsletter for 14 years (until I started college and a blog) and kept it contained to those people and my immediate family who are scattered about the Midwest. I may return to that after college or get a family blog going. My current blog, while open to anyone who is interested, is set to not be found by Google… I am writing for my friends, not everyone.

In my 40s, FB has been seen as an easy way of keeping in touch with all those people who are a more “loose” connection. I don’t put a whole lot of effort into it, but it is there when I need to reach out and connect with someone I know might have an answer for me. It is how I got my camera (touching base with a photographer I used to work with) or how I got some help on a couple of Illustrator projects from someone in my online community who is a graphic artist. In my situation, it is a tool.

However, keeping in touch with people you love is difficult enough without added pressure! So I support you in turning it off. If it is a pressure… let it go. Who needs that? We who love and care about you know where to find you… here on a wonderful blog!!!

]]> By: Samuel http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Samuel Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:57:41 +0000 http://rachel.leighweb.com/?p=1910#comment-406 ah !! Well done Rachel !! bien vu le coup de la page en Hébreux ! ! Where did you get the Facebook addicted app ? ? Also !! I've found out that Facebook had been a good thing for many !! let me explain that really quickly : Before Facebook, life was normal.. Facebook came up, we all get attracted by that, and we live differently, with Facebook our link to other people... Then, you say: "I'm fed up with that" , you quit it !! And now.. you enjoy even more "real" life !! Now, if you take the "before Facebook" time and the "After Facebook" time, you see that you enjoy more life !! haha, that was said really quickly, and I'm not sure it got understoodable.. (I'm not even sure i'm able writing english anymore..) ok but i'm glad of what you've done !! go on Rachel ! ah !! Well done Rachel !!
bien vu le coup de la page en Hébreux ! !
Where did you get the Facebook addicted app ? ?

Also !! I’ve found out that Facebook had been a good thing for many !! let me explain that really quickly : Before Facebook, life was normal..
Facebook came up, we all get attracted by that, and we live differently, with Facebook our link to other people…
Then, you say: “I’m fed up with that” , you quit it !! And now.. you enjoy even more “real” life !!
Now, if you take the “before Facebook” time and the “After Facebook” time, you see that you enjoy more life !!
haha, that was said really quickly, and I’m not sure it got understoodable.. (I’m not even sure i’m able writing english anymore..)
ok but i’m glad of what you’ve done !! go on Rachel !

]]> By: Hannah http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Hannah Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:26:56 +0000 http://rachel.leighweb.com/?p=1910#comment-387 hello rachel leigh! i have also been off Facebook for several weeks now and i find it so refreshing. i just finished reading the article you linked and it was ... interesting to say the least. i have to say that the internet doesn't make me a happier, calmer person, but i'm sure it has that effect on some people. :) i agree with you--you should be worth seeking out. i hope you are doing well. i really should get around to writing a letter to you. love, hannah lamp hello rachel leigh! i have also been off Facebook for several weeks now and i find it so refreshing. i just finished reading the article you linked and it was … interesting to say the least. i have to say that the internet doesn’t make me a happier, calmer person, but i’m sure it has that effect on some people. :)

i agree with you–you should be worth seeking out. i hope you are doing well. i really should get around to writing a letter to you.
love, hannah lamp

]]> By: Mom http://rachel.leighweb.com/2010/02/22/facebook-v-life/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Mom Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:36:59 +0000 http://rachel.leighweb.com/?p=1910#comment-378 That NYTimes article was fabulous and thorough! Wishing you continued Facebook FREEEEEDOM!! That NYTimes article was fabulous and thorough!
Wishing you continued Facebook FREEEEEDOM!!

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