Profile pics for your social media fast?

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From the other threads it looks like a lot of us are thinking about or have decided to give up social media.

Do you make some sort of announcement or change your profile picture to let people know you are taking a break?

Any profile pictures you are considering using?
 
Considering this with no other explanation.
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aroosi said:
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Not sure what you are trying to say.
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Me either! I will probably quit Facebook for Lent but won’t deactivate my account. I don’t know if I want it to look like I’m doing it for Lent because maybe that flies in the face of do it in secret. Actual Lent themed pictures are still in for consideration.
 
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I personally just deactivate without letting people know. If some people I know look for me, I just tell them that I need less things to think about for awhile.
 
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I personally just deactivate without letting people know. If some people I know look for me, I just tell them that I need less things to think about for awhile.
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That’s a really good idea. Then it would take a lot of steps to break your fast. Less likely to fail.
 
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So just log out for Lent. I did it in the past and ended up leaving Facebook for good. Most people will not even notice, the few that will ask something or be wondering are the same one you would keep in touch anyway (with or without social media).
 
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When I took a break from CAF for lent last year I had mentioned it in various “what are you doing for lent” threads. I figured anyone who was curious would eventually figure it out. I might have put a note in my profile, but I’m not sure.

For Instagram and Facebook I used it as a chance for evangelization. I posted something about lent in general then mentioned my social media fast at the end. Many of my friends and family are not Catholic, so it was a good opportunity to teach them a bit about why Catholics do what they do.
 
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Haha! That one is very true! I ended up having to restrict my Pinterest usage during last lent because it quickly took the place of Facebook and Instagram. On the plus side, I found lots of yummy new recipes and interesting Saint quotes. 😆
 
This is exactly how it went down for me. The only time I logged in again after Lent was to delete my account permanently.

I guess I never heard that concept of “missing” people because they leave social media. Anyone who genuinely misses me has at least 10 other ways of getting a hold of me. Email, cell, home, text, Slack, Skype, online chats, snailmail, coming over, and using fireworks to create air signals. Funny thing is, out of 187 “friends,” only about 3 bothered to do any of those. 🙃
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Pinterest bears much more fruit. 😄
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Yea, if you actually DO the pins, lol!

I can’t get over how many of my mommy peers take Pinterest so seriously, internalizing the pressure to make their lives just like those pins. To me, it’s like looking through a fun magazine or catalog and nothing more.
 
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Yea, if you actually DO the pins, lol!

I can’t get over how many of my mommy peers take Pinterest so seriously, internalizing the pressure to make their lives just like those pins. To me, it’s like looking through a fun magazine or catalog and nothing more.
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Yes! I do eventually do a lot of the pins I save, but it was getting me in trouble with some friends. They must be the type that internalize the pressure. People who love crafting or cooking should be able to live their lives without being accused of showing off. People who love to read shouldn’t have to hide that they love to read. People who love to garden shouldn’t have to hide that they love to garden etc.

The closest I could come to understanding how they feel is when I can’t afford to do any of the things they do with their kids with my kids. So even then it’s like seriously? You’re over there enrolling your kids in expensive lessons and taking them on exciting vacations to see the world but me making things out of trash over here has you down on yourself as a parent?!!!
 
We live in an age in people believe that your choices are somehow an assault on theirs. It’s rooted in personal insecurities. Social media unfortunately exacerbates this mentality.

For the time I was on it, I used it to poke light-hearted fun at my own imperfections. For instance, I’d post photos of our living room at its absolute messiest - after kids had built tents and forts and dragged their toys in.

But in the end, I couldn’t stomach all of the look-at-me!-look-at-me! competition dominating my newsfeed.
 
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For the time I was on it, I used it to poke light-hearted fun at my own imperfections. For instance, I’d post photos of our living room at its absolute messiest - after kids had built tents and forts and dragged their toys in.
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Oh my goodness yes. That’s exactly how I used it which is why it is so hard for me to understand that I was percieved that way. Not humblebrags or fishing for compliments, just jokes and weirdness from life. Lately I’ve been so paralyzed by overthink that I don’t use it how I used to. This fb fast will come at just the right time.
 
You seem secure in yourself. There are probably people who envy that.

(Envy becomes a sin when it makes us resent others).
 
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