tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post2167873055953155928..comments2024-03-26T02:19:04.744-07:00Comments on barefoot in the kitchen: baby stepsstephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399191040892859634noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-996836547429863432016-06-19T23:34:25.815-07:002016-06-19T23:34:25.815-07:00I agree too! I love old fashioned. I went to New Z...I agree too! I love old fashioned. I went to New Zealand after high school for a year. My closest friend from there and I still keep in touch - via snail mail only. I don't have her phone number or email address. We have been keeping up out letter correspondence for fifteen years now. I'm quite proud of it! I am not on any social media and my life feels much fuller and more satisfying for it. brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653759726308892043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-31173768353261742782016-06-15T15:32:56.861-07:002016-06-15T15:32:56.861-07:00You inspired me (again). I deleted the Instagram a...You inspired me (again). I deleted the Instagram app off my devices this morning! Now we'll just have to rely on seeing each other to catch up ;) Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708795288614662704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-80341047308472530052016-06-15T13:24:59.935-07:002016-06-15T13:24:59.935-07:00Great post! I gave up FB for lent a few years ago ...Great post! I gave up FB for lent a few years ago and just gave up instagram because I started getting annoyed and thinking I need that dress, that family is having so much fun, etc...! i wish we did not have all this information. Especially for our kids. Keep your posts up. I really enjoy them!Winter party of Sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194654203658422025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-53502612925471546322016-06-15T10:42:52.254-07:002016-06-15T10:42:52.254-07:00PS I'm embarrassed at all the typos in my comm...PS I'm embarrassed at all the typos in my comment. I have lost the art of proofreading. :)melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685736814419737593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-44952941419592008042016-06-15T10:41:54.806-07:002016-06-15T10:41:54.806-07:00I think like the top comment that the fact that yo...I think like the top comment that the fact that you keep revisiting your boundaries on it means you're doing ok! While reading the Anne of Green Gables series, I noticed how neighbors come over with the sole intention to gossip. They tell each other what they think of stuff and go over what people wore, how they acted, etc. just like we do on instagram! Except they did it face to face. That makes me want to talk to my neighbors more BUT is also makes me feel like my instagram group is more of a timeless thing--my friends live so far away but we do still have a chance to "gossip" (or socialize) because of the technology. So I can't decide how I ultimately feel about it...:)melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685736814419737593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-50761484403626923262016-06-15T01:30:36.687-07:002016-06-15T01:30:36.687-07:00This is such a perfect comment! This is such a perfect comment! Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07153092974297315458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-70827664478650507622016-06-14T15:38:35.307-07:002016-06-14T15:38:35.307-07:00I agree with you completely. I too have an Instagr...I agree with you completely. I too have an Instagram addiction. It's constant! I have up my Instagram app 3 years ago.. But I'm back in the habit of looking at a few certain accounts, and also YouTube channels. I want to give it all up. Blog reading though, I will keep. I love to read. But still should probably be on it less. A lot less. There are more important things to do, and more important things to learn. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123913317480113793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-89049744638636197332016-06-14T15:37:14.844-07:002016-06-14T15:37:14.844-07:00I agree with you completely. I too have an Instagr...I agree with you completely. I too have an Instagram addiction. It's constant! I have up my Instagram app 3 years ago.. But I'm back in the habit of looking at a few certain accounts, and also YouTube channels. I want to give it all up. Blog reading though, I will keep. I love to read. But still should probably be on it less. A lot less. There are more important things to do, and more important things to learn. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123913317480113793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-58124568583885457612016-06-14T13:47:26.322-07:002016-06-14T13:47:26.322-07:00That would be wonderful if everyone in our family ...That would be wonderful if everyone in our family lived on the same street. :( I'm always paring down my follow list, but then I start following some lady who makes beautiful glass jewelry or something random and it starts all over again.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802289049336649797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629645.post-69231138074191135072016-06-14T13:16:02.772-07:002016-06-14T13:16:02.772-07:00Here is the thing I try to remember... Not everyth...Here is the thing I try to remember... Not everything on any form of social media is intended with the public as the primary audience. For many, it is an easy way to document a family's or an individual's history. In that light, it only reflects what the author especially wants to remember -- an online scrapbook or album, if you will. I blogged for seven years for my family and now I just use Instagram. I love it. But it is very easy to tap that search icon and begin clicking endlessly on images that appeal because of similar things many of us like. For me, it is kind of like skimming magazines. I think social media accounts tend to extract more personal feelings of jealousy than magazines ever did, though, because the lifestyles they represent seem like they should be more attainable. I do love the fact that social media can so easily connect a person on one side of the globe or country with another and for little to no cost. We just have to remain vigilant about how it affects us as individuals and families and not compromise our principles in using these communication tools. I respect your choices and boundaries very much, and I think your continued revisiting of this topic shows that you are determined to be balanced about the time you spend documenting and consuming media. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523136261237183048noreply@blogger.com