{"id":376,"date":"2013-02-27T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T03:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/?p=376"},"modified":"2013-03-05T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T16:23:14","slug":"20-days-into-lent-and-still-no-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/27\/20-days-into-lent-and-still-no-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"21 days into Lent and Still no Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 21 days now since I logged into Facebook.  From everyday to zero days, totally cold turkey, is maddening! I feel like I&#8217;m missing out on so much! Pictures being posted, comments being made, writing out my own thoughts, Dang! Who knew you could miss a web site.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m learning anything from this, is how much I appreciate technology. Technology when used correctly, can be a beautiful thing. Medical procedures become easier and safer. Jobs are made easier, and staying in touch with family and friends, feels as if you&#8217;re standing there with them.<\/p>\n<p>But I can also see how technology can hurt too. Jobs are eliminated by machines, we loose the art of communication face to face. We lose valuable time that can never be given back. In some ways our mind isn&#8217;t challenged anymore either. Books made us use our imagination, and we&#8217;ve forgotten to be thankful for the little things.<\/p>\n<p>We are slowly becoming an instant gratification society. I&#8217;m sure when lent is over I will be back on daily. Receiving that instant satisfaction, like so many others. But I also will return with a better understanding of why Facebook is so important to me. Especially while Im living away from family and friends. People who really knew me and loved me. Those who let me be myself.<\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;ve met people here, they do not know me. It&#8217;s unlikely they will because our time is short. But this s just temporary. I&#8217;ve learned you can&#8217;t take 40 some years, and have it be the same somewhere else.  Adventure is good, but I can&#8217;t wait until we find our permanent home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 21 days now since I logged into Facebook. From everyday to zero days, totally cold turkey, is maddening! I feel like I&#8217;m missing out on so much! Pictures being posted, comments being made, writing out my own thoughts, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/27\/20-days-into-lent-and-still-no-facebook\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m8F1-64","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1625,"url":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/13\/time-to-start-the-packing\/","url_meta":{"origin":376,"position":0},"title":"Time to start the packing.","author":"Kris Dill","date":"July 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I used technology, Skype, to speak with Becky. It was helpful to getting things started and the boxes packed for college. There is still a lot to due, but at least we started. After all she moves out Aug 15th. Plus, to make matters tougher, she will only be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Faith from the Average Person&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Faith from the Average Person","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/category\/faith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":232,"url":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/12\/faithlent\/","url_meta":{"origin":376,"position":1},"title":"Faith\/Lent","author":"Kris Dill","date":"February 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Disclaimer:auto post to Facebook. Well my journey is to begin soon. To quote a \"almost 14\" year old \"you lived without Facebook before right? I think you'll live through this!\" I'm actually surprised at some of the reactions I did receive. Many we're very concerned. I must admit, that after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Faith from the Average Person&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Faith from the Average Person","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/category\/faith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1757,"url":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/02\/social-media-spread-the-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":376,"position":2},"title":"Social Media Spread the Word!","author":"Kris Dill","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I like many others opened a Facebook account to keep up with family and friends both near and far.\u00a0 Today it seems if you do not have a Facebook account, you\u2019re in the dark ages. Facebook in the beginning was a great idea.\u00a0 I personally was able to connect with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Faith from the Average Person&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Faith from the Average Person","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/category\/faith\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":233,"url":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/13\/lentday-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":376,"position":3},"title":"Lent:Day One.","author":"Kris Dill","date":"February 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Disclaimer: this is an automatic post to Facebook. This morning I woke up as usual, checked my mail but since I no longer have Facebook on my phone, it wasn't to difficult to miss. I gotta say today I felt lost. Almost like I'm out of the loop. 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