My social leisure time

Well if I'm going to be honest, the website I most likely go to is facebook. It's not even like it's the most productive use of my time, but there's something about that continuous scrolling down the newsfeed that I can't help but do.

I joined Facebook way back in college and it soon became a regular part of my life. That was the only way to stay in contact with all my friends and classmates, and how to get word about stuff, pics, and inside jokes. That was kind of neat to be able to see what everyone was doing and kind of still be a part of it when I was actually stuck in the library studying.

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My use of Facebook has changed a lot lately. I still use it to talk to my friends and family but now a good portion of the time I spend on it is reading/responding to something that a page or group that I "follow" posted. I'm part of several communities related to my interests, like cooking, travel, and personal finance. Because it is all so interesting and fun to read those feeds and respond to the discussions.

I mean I know Facebook is DEFINITELY not a very moral or productive way to spend my time. It is all just meaningless scrolling and yes I have definitely gone down the rabbit hole of viewing everyone's pictures and see all the great things in peoples lives, well my friends lives. Even without getting into all the misinformation and political polarization it appears there is on there.

But all of that said, I cannot help it. I don't know what it is but that continuous streaming off new things and being able to get in touch with people is just too much of an enticement. Is it the high of dopamine from the likes and comments, or is it just the fear of not knowing what's going on if I'm not on it all the time. Facebook has strangely become a sort of "guilty pleasure" for me lol.

I should probably stop or at least be more deliberate in my use of the site. Maybe I should set time limit on myself or be picky about what pages and groups I join. But for now, I'm just embracing the fact that Facebook is my virtual happy place a place where I can unwind, connect, and indulge my curiosity, even if it's not the most productive use of my time.