news feed

It's about 50/50, I'd say, the likelihood of me scrolling through facebook and reaching a satisfactory end feeling happy or feeling sad. This occurs because people tend to post the best things that happen to them. Or the saddest things about themselves. But either way, such musings don't help me feel much better about the fact that I am twenty-two years old (SO OLD) and doing nothing of import.

How was your day?
Oh, you know, I just read everyone's facebook statuses and posts from the last 30 days.

I didn't save anyone. I didn't work extra hard today. I didn't see a history making game or welcome a new family member into existence. No. For me, today was just like yesterday: completely unimportant (for me).

I wonder if my status updates have ever even excited in anyone enough emotions to feel a hint of jealousy. Likely not. I'm getting so old and yet somehow my life is still so boring. How long can you stay in a perpetuated state of adolescents? I'm not even sure "growing up" would make my life seem that much more interesting through the lens of the almighty facebook news feed. What if the rest of my life is like this? Accomplishing little and learning nothing?

This conclusion is why I frequently stop having a facebook, from time to time. Unfortunately, as of next week I will be meeting a lot of new people. Some of these new people will want to add me as their friend on facebook. A very few number of those people will read my status updates with mild interest. It is for that last group that I must keep my chin up and try to make my life sound as exciting as possible without lying flat out.

This will be a challenge.