Ash Wednesday 2020

Dear Diary,

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent 2020. As you know, I have given up social networking sites, like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. I'm not really sure if blogs count or not ... The definition I read seemed to imply that a social community would come about from the site. Since I have not shared this URL with anyone (at this moment anyway) and have disabled comments ... would this be considered a community??

In any case, when deciding what to give up for Lent, I decided on Facebook (I have both Twitter and Instagram, but don't really use either since they were introduced in my 20's) because nowadays, it seems really toxic. People can't comment on news stories or anything public without being attacked - even when your original comment was neutral. With my personality, I have to argue with anyone who comments on my comments (I say argue, because somehow they argue with my comment - even the neutral ones). For the most part, I know they are just trying to get a reaction out of me and I should just forget it, but I can't help but reply. Especially with COVID 19 running rampant in Korea, I feel like I have nothing to do all day in my apartment except be on social media and watch Korean dramas. I'm hoping to get some stuff done and be more analog. I guess I could be writing this out instead of typing it, but ... I guess I prefer typing as a medium versus writing. Probably anyone born in the mid-1980s or after would feel the same way. Plus, my handwriting is really terrible.

So, I will be on here often to say what I want to say. Somehow talking to oneself is probably frowned upon. Don't want to get into a habit of that, especially once the spring semester starts. Can you imagine if the person next to you just constantly talks to herself out loud? No bueno.

Unsurprisingly, I made this new blog quickly to express something ... but now I've forgotten. It was probably about COVID 19, no? Anyway, I'll write to you again later.

*~Lili~*