Put it out there!

*Side note - these are my own thoughts*

Over the years social media has gotten popular and for lack of a better term - addictive.

We post our entire lives on the net, from tweets to FB status updates, checking in via Yelp or FourSquare, posting pictures to websites, sharing your life via blogs (like what I am doing). It is endless.

I do believe social media gives people power. The power to type what ever they want and not care what people think or say. Grant it...sometimes the way people are online are exactly the same in person and not all people are that way in person.

Why do we post every single detail of our lives via the World Wide Web?

I am putting my life on my blog, mostly for my family (Mom, bro, Hubby...) to read and to just document what goes on in my life. Document with words, pictures and video. It is a great way to look back at awesome memories.

As soon as technology upgrades, social media updates. We can do more at our fingertips now than we could 10 years ago. Right now, I am blogging from my iPhone.

Twitter is one platform that has gained huge popularity. You have 140 characters to say what you want to say. Bloggers, YouTubers, businesses, and celebrities use it to get themselves out there. The more followers the better.

It also a place for people, like myself, to just vent (tweet) away. People will tweet about their opinions on certain subject matter and share what they did that day. I like to share random stuff, especially when it comes to my adventurous and amazing toddler.

Facebook is a great place to share pictures with family and friends. I like FB for Mommy groups, keeping in touch with fellow military wives and childhood friends.

Social media gives people power to be strongly opinionated. You just have to remember (I have to remind myself too) - people's opinions do not matter, it is their business.

So where I am going with this topic/post?

Just remember it is ONLY social media. Make it fun and do not let ANY ONE put you down via any social media platform. Share what you want to share, be confident in what you are sharing and whatever people share whether it is about you or not, do not take it to heart. Let them say what they want, in the end you know who you are. I have to remind myself this as well.

xoxo