Jessica Pellegrino – Copy Editor
After the holidays, we jump right into New Year’s Resolutions. From losing weight to improving your GPA, everybody resolves to change something in the coming year. I am resolving to be more positive in 2015.
Well, everyone knows that positivity breeds positivity. So, the first step in a more positive life is to avoid negative people. It’s one thing to decide you do not want to be a person’s friend anymore, but it’s another thing to delete them; from social media, that is.
More often than not, we keep these people around on social media. Even if we hate them, we still love comparing our lives to theirs. This cannot go on any longer. Here is a list of people you should delete from social media.
As far as social media goes, you will add anyone from your mom to someone you went to kindergarten with but have not talked to in fifteen years. This causes quite a bit of clutter on your newsfeed. If you have no interest in talking to a person, or general concern for their well being, you probably do not need them on you Facebook. So start by “spring cleaning” up your friends list. Delete randoms, people you don’t talk to, and people you don’t care about.
Next, pick out everyone on your Facebook that you are jealous of. I know what you are thinking; “I’m not jealous of anyone.” But, newsflash, if you have to justify your own life while looking at a picture of someone else, you are jealous. But that’s okay, you just don’t need that in your life. That is definitely the definition of negativity. Delete them from Facebook and your life.
The next one seems the most obvious, yet it is the most ignored tip. Unless you are friends in the real world, delete your exes from social media. You could be having the best day and see a photo of an ex with a new significant other and you day will be ruined. If you know that it still hurts, you don’t have to put yourself through that. You have nothing holding you to this person anymore, so save yourself the trouble and just delete them.
Relatives are always a grey area on social media. They’re often judging, under informed, and downright annoying on Facebook. You will regret adding your aunt or grandma the second you press accept friend. But to delete or not delete, that is the question.
Ask yourself, are they computer savvy enough to realize that you deleted them? If you think you are safe, do it. It is your profile and you should not feel held back by your family. But, if you think it will spark drama, do not do it. Facebook is not worth starting drama with your family.
My last tip is to reevaluate why you have a Facebook in the first place. If Facebook is not a place of positivity for you, you might consider deleting your Facebook altogether. It can be a very liberating feeling to no longer be attached to a website where you post your every move.
Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people, but I feel like it has also become too much of a good thing and people are abusing it. Facebook has a feature where you can delete your account for a certain amount of time, and then if you decide you want it, you can get it back. I suggest everyone try to log off for a while and see how it makes you feel.
Photo Credit: Dimitris Kalogeropoylos, Oli Dunkley
