Once again this year, I’ll be taking a leave of absence from all social media during the season of Lent. The time period is officially Wed, Mar 5, 2025 – Thu, Apr 17, 2025, but I always extend it until the morning of Easter Sunday, which will be April 20th. I’ve taken this sabbatical for the past several years and while it’s difficult to adjust to at first, it gets easier as time goes by.
There are a lot of benefits to being a part of social media. I have developed friendships with quite a few folks, including some who live quite a distance away that I’m fairly sure I’ll never actually meet. There are those “actual friends” as well that I am able to keep up with and see what’s going on in each of their lives and that will be something I miss.
I enjoy sharing my daily readings each day and I’m once again planning on leaving links to the website that those can be accessed for those still wanting the daily reads. I will truly miss posting my daily “punnies.” Of all the things I post each day on Facebook, those are the ones that people seem to enjoy the most.
There are those parts of social media that I won’t tend to miss as much. Of course the multiple ads that I see each day will be one of the things it’s not difficult to live without. I also won’t miss the sometimes-constant talk of politics that seems so divisive with folks these days. This part of social media I will not miss.
When I’ve taken some time away from social media before, it’s difficult at first, but gets easier with time. The big question always comes when Easter Sunday arrives and it’s time to return and I question whether or not I really want to do that. It’s a thought-provoking question that happens every single time.
We shall see….
David Lee
David Lee 