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Why I Decided to Temporarily Leave Facebook

by Brett Deaton on May 28, 2011 in Life with 1 Comment

I never wanted to make a fuss about leaving Facebook. One of my biggest pet peeves is doing something for attention. Announcing the closing of one’s facebook is comparable to individuals saying they are going to kill themselves. In the end, they just want attention.

I am not one of those. I do want to try life without the lure of Facebook leading it. You see, I have been on Facebook for the last 6 years. Six years this month. I remember spending a few hours during the Spring Semester getting certain text files ready for Lee University to be included in the College-only website. It was shortly after the summer began when I received a AOL IM from a friend telling me Lee University is now on Facebook!

I have seen countless upgrades and changes to the site. All of which I enjoyed and liked, except for the killing of the “Who’s Online Now” page and what they recently updated.

The last few weeks I have noticed a growing trend. I just grew tired of the same people updated. I had close to 500 friends, and only saw about 20 people regularly updating. I rarely updated my status anymore.

I just grew tired. For now, I have temporarily deactivated Facebook. I am sure I will return, but for now the friends I have, I already stay in contact with so I don’t need a medium to be friends with people I do not.

Post a Day Fail

by Brett Deaton on April 16, 2011 in Life with No comments

Well here I am. Nearly 2 months and a half late on my last entry. I have given up on my post a day resolution of 2011. What have I been up to lately?

Well, in short: work. The job at Lee University has been really rewarding. Working with faculty, helping them achieve their goals for the classroom and possible expansion with technology has been challenging at best.

I am relearning Access so I can build a database. I’ve looked through Lynda.com tutorials and didn’t find what I was looking for, now I working through a textbook from the same publisher I learned Access back for Office 2003. We’ll see how that goes.

The last few days I have been given the day off because I have been ill. How ill? Well, I went into the Health Clinic because of a sore throat. I left (after a chest x-ray somewhere else) being diagnosed with PNEUMONIA!

Yes, Pneumonia. The same disease that sparked my awful year-end tragedy of 2009. This time, I am glad not to be experiencing any pain while breathing, just shortness of breath. I am pretty much over the fever, just dealing with a sore throat (still) and some aches and pain.

What is in store for me? Stay tuned…

Strengths

by Brett Deaton on February 4, 2011 in Life with No comments

Well, today I was finally able to take the strengths test. I will talk to someone over at Calling & Career next week to discuss what they mean in my life and how I will cope when these clash with others.

For now, my strengths are as follows:

  • Maximizer
  • Futuristic
  • Strategic
  • Achiever
  • Empathy

Moving forward I will talk more about how these are demonstrated in my life.

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