The Metanerd

Do you ever think to yourself, “What the hell have I done in the past year that was remarkable?”

I know I posted a while back about my 2011 accomplishments, but that doesn’t help when you log onto Facebook and see what everyone else is doing.

One of the big reasons why I don’t check Facebook often is because I get bombarded with two types of posts. The first type is the stuff that makes me feel terrible and belittled. This is the person who is in the Peace Corp, started a startup that helps children with cataracts, the horse whisperer that tamed the wild horse into jumping through hoops of fire. The over-achiever. It’s not that I feel terrible, but I just feel inadequate. And that feeling is just exaggerated because it’s online and I’m experiencing their joys from the outside.

The second type of person is the complete opposite. Disclaimer: Don’t hate me, I love children and all, but I’m 23. You are probably somewhere in the range of 20-25. Why are you having your 3rd child at the age of 21? Sure this person makes me feel better about myself, but at a price to my humanity. I become a mean person full of nothing but bad wishes for others.

I hope it’s not too late to make my new year resolutions. This year, I resolve to focus on my accomplishments, not anyone else’s whether they are good or bad. If the world ends in 2012, I’m going to make sure that I feel good about myself when it happens.

My resolution isn’t hard to keep - I just keep NOT checking Facebook. Done.