Read This One

If you normally skim my posts, I would suggest taking some time to read this one.

First, I will update you on my day. I worked closely with Brittany from the office today to help "pitch" a promotion for one of the firm's clients. This was first experience with "pitching", so I definitely learned a lot there. And, I will learn a lot more as the process continues. While that project took up a majority of my day, I also helped my mentor learn and understand an application I downloaded onto the iPad for use with one of our clients. The day flew by, but it was very productive!

After work, I headed over to the YMCA and ran 1.5 miles, biked 4.0 miles, lifted, sat in the steam room for 10 minutes, sat in the hot tub for 10 minutes, and swam for 20 minutes. My body feels great!!

I am now back at the island, and I am pretty tired. I will be heading to bed early tonight!

Now, here is the part of this post that is completely opinionated, uncensored, "juicy", and straight from Dan's mouth. Rather than re-type a rant I wrote on my lunch break today, let me share with you contents from a Facebook post I sent while devouring a Subway sandwich. I copied and pasted these words directly from my page:

Probably my LAST POST for a long time:

I have become increasingly disgusted with the news lately. I am finally to the point where I have boiled over. One former Facebook executive just recently gave up his citizenship in order to avoid taxation. Another current Facebook executive is being sued for insider trading on the Facebook stock that just recently went public and has been nothing short of a disaster. Also, Facebook has become wildly commercialized. Remember when only college kids were allowed to join this site?

Moving on, I have a story to share. Sitting on a bus the other day listening to a woman talking very loudly on the phone, I heard her tell the caller:

"So, Sarah talked to me this morning. That baby she just had, yea, she told me it was my husband's. Yea, can you believe that? So, I'm going to have to go home and talk to him. I'm thinking maybe we should do a DNA test or something...but yea, don't worry I de-friended her on Facebook this afternoon."

That example right there about made me fall off my bus seat. What has our society come to? Does Facebook control our everyday conversations and our lives?

It is time for a break. At least for this guy. Nothing against anyone reading this. Or against social media in general. I study and work with media everyday. I love how effective social media can really be, but WE have created a monster with Facebook. However, I doubt anything will truly change. This monster wasn't created overnight, and I doubt it will be fixed for a long time (maybe ever).

If you need to reach me: Email me, Tweet me, Text me, or (I know this is crazy) CALL me.

At the end of this week, I am shutting Facebook down for a while. If you are still reading, I thank you for your time. I may come back to Facebook down the road. Otherwise, I'll stick with Twitter, Linked In, and other social media outlets that I feel are better.

It is true, I am shutting down my Facebook. Quite frankly, I am excited to be doing that. I do not intend for this post to offend anyone or upset anyone, I am merely expressing my opinion. I disagree with things that are going on, and I have made the decision to personally change something.

I would love to hear YOUR thoughts on the subject! Please feel free to leave a comment below, or you can email me at dbolsen@gmail.com...or tweet me @Dan_Bolsen44...or find me on LinkedIn.

Today's post was a TRUE blogger entry. I hope you enjoyed it.


Thanks for reading!!

Dan