I haven't been on Facebook for at least two weeks, and I find that I don't miss it. I was never an obsessive Facebooker, and basically my cell phone is used for texting, calling, and occasionally checking my email, so I'm a dinosaur when it comes to cells. But overall I find that logging into Facebook was the equivalent of face time at work; I hate it and don't really see the point since there are much more efficient and meaningful methods.

If I want to get work done, I don't spend time glad-handing and being the office social butterfly. I chat with those I'm friendly with, but at least 95% of my time is spent either actively working or consulting with colleagues on specific requests to give the best and hopefully correct product to my bankers. Some people spend far more hours at work while getting less done. I'm not there just to be present.

In the same way, on Facebook I see people spend hours making "friends" or updating every hour or so on whatever crosses their mind in hopes of getting likes. I've been making more of an effort to cultivate friendships with those who I know IRL and who I've fallen out of touch with. I still have a tendency to isolate and text instead of call, but I don't miss Facebook at all. It's an artificial construct that serves a few legitimate purposes but is overall unnecessary.

So for this Thanksgiving I'm thankful that I have those people who are much more than Facebook friends. Sometimes I really do think that less technology might be a good thing.