Oct 1 - Facebook

Today's challenge was to conquer my fear of Facebook. I knew that the best way to get the word out to my friends and family about my blog was through Facebook, but remember, my first attempt to join didn't go so well. I ended up deleting my page less than 24 hours after setting it up because I wasn't sure how to block the freaks, geeks, needy, clingy drama queens from my past. I'm not interested in re-connecting with my "classmates" because I'm not sure I'd remember if I liked them or not. Were we friends...did we hang in the same circles...did you ditch me with your mean friends one friday night while you went to the game with the Mitch Taylor? See where I'm going, you could accept a friend only to realize later, after checking them out in your dusty, yellowed yearbook, that you never liked them back then and you certainly don't want to waste your valuable older years on them now. Once discovered, how do you "un-friend or de-friend" them? Is this possible?

Today I have finished my challenge and it hopefully won't come back to bite me in the butt. I joined Facebook again and I tried my best to block that one person...maybe two, that I don't ever want to find me...ever. I managed to post my link to this blog after my 3rd try (the first two I forgot to hit the "share" button and it kept disappearing). And I actually found a few family members that I didn't realize were also on Facebook who are older than me I might add. So, although I assumed that Facebook is something just for the 20 and 30 somethings, it appears that it could end up being relevant to my life too.