Is this thing still on?

I'm taking a break from Facebook. Last night I went through Facebook's security checks and numerous confirmations and deactivated my account. It would probably have been easier to adopt a dog (one of the other coping mechanisms I considered) than to turn off my Facebook account. The site's level of attachment to me doesn't strike me as healthy.


Apparently it's been a codependent relationship all along and I just didn't know it.


Anyway, I'm taking a break. I have spent years as a regular contributor to the Book of Face, and in particular have spent the last year and a half or so using it with great intensity due to the political mess that is these US of A right now.


And I've lost something along the way, some ability to just be, without reaching for my smartphone and without other people's words, concerns, and outrage crowding my head.


What's next? I don't know. The fun will be in finding out. Today, because I reached for my smartphone, I started with a little blogging. I have no idea if that will turn into a regular thing, so I make no promises.


But blogging without obligation--blogging for fun!--used to be a thing I did. Maybe it will be again.