I was on Facebook for about two years (yes, late on the social hype bandwagon) and today I finally did it. I deactivated my FB page today and I feel pretty good about it.

I was new to FB in 2013 and I had high hopes for corresponding with my nieces, nephews and relatives overseas, but that never really happened. At first, I was gung ho and posted some of my thoughts, nothing controversial. Things were going okay since it was new to me, but then as the months went on, things changed.

I ended up friending people I never should have. I had a stalker friend that always posted to any of my posts (see below). My nieces or nephews hardly ever posted. I was dismayed by what some of my relatives or friends posted and I thought "wow, I don't think I really like you much anymore".

Basically, I want my privacy back because I'm more of an introvert. I had enough of FB and feeling not that good every time I went on. I tended to compare my life to others. I know that’s stupid because it’s only natural that people to want to brag about how perfect and charmed their lives are on FB.

Certain holidays would come around and I felt this strange obligation to post something or like someone else’s post. I got tired of seeing kid pictures, look at my trip pictures, or constant selfies. Then there were stupid serial posters of nonsensical stuff.

I got to the point where I didn’t want to “Like” anything anymore because that post would be thrown into my News Feed. I noticed that friends of friends posts showed up in my News Feed so that meant that my posts would show up in people's feeds that weren't even my friends unless I was careful to specify where my posts go.

At first I had reservations with deactivating my FB account. Then I did it and I felt immediately better. Good riddance FB.