A Quiet Simple Life
Sallie Schaaf Borrink
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I quit Facebook in April 2018. I’ve never looked back other than missing some people with whom I no longer interact for various reasons. I’ve sacrificed quite a bit in making the choice, but it was so clear to me that Facebook was doing a great deal of harm to our country with their censoring …
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I realize a significant number of women who now use the internet were not around for the initial rise of blogging. It’s hard for a Generation X-aged writer to communicate to someone who has always been online how paradigm-shifting blogging was. But it was in many ways. It offered to average people an opportunity that …
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A few years ago I quit Facebook and then subsequently deleted my rarely used Twitter and never used Instagram accounts. My motives were two. One, I thought they were dangerous companies who were doing real damage to our culture. Two, I thought that social media was doing real damage to me. I wrote about those …
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I passed my one year anniversary of leaving Facebook a few weeks ago after having thought about it for quite some time. I proved to myself that I don’t need it. I’ve had a few moments when I’ve wondered if I should go back, especially after I had been off it for so long. I …
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I think the internet is one of the greatest inventions ever. Truly. It has profoundly impacted my life for good in so many ways. I met my husband online. I work online. He works online. I have found parenting and homeschooling support online. I’ve made friends from all over the world. Caroline loves playing games …
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Several months ago while looking for old-fashioned blogs, I came across a new-to-me but long-time blogger who wrote about the idea that you must choose your propaganda. (Mrs. White also wrote another post about homemaking propaganda.) I’ve thought about the concept of propaganda in the various parts of my life since then – as a woman, …
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It is slightly inaccurate to say this is a record of my first thirty days after I quit Facebook. I’ve been researching people who quit Facebook for the better part of a year and wrote a lengthy post about quitting Facebook and deleting it all a few months ago. After writing that post and reflecting on …
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Don’t be fooled by the post title. I chose the phrase of “quit Facebook permanently and delete it” purely for the SEO value and so people would find this post in the search engines. If I created a post title that accurately reflects my thoughts and feelings, it would be something like one of these. …
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One of the lessons that took me the longest to learn when seeking to simplify my life was to limit the emotional drainers. For far too long I allowed myself to be emotionally drained by things and people that were not really beneficial and did nothing to make my life more simple, joyful, or peaceful. …
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I remember clearly when I purchased my first computer in 1996 and went online with AOL, one of the only ways to get online at the time. I remember when it was a novelty to see a web address on a television commercial. I clearly remember life before the internet. And sometimes I really miss …
