Why I want to quit Twitter

I’m not making any judgments here. If you’re a Twitter fan, I’m glad it works for you. I just can’t seem to find it’s worthiness for my life and here’s why:

1. I’m not interested in sending tweets about what I might be doing, thinking, watching, or what I read about someone else’s doings, thinkings, watchings… Unless it’s something really spectacular and interesting.

2. For my tweets to be seen, I’d have to tweet several times in an hour, then do it again in a few hours. I don’t know about you, but I’m not living tied to my pbook. Hey, I don’t even own (gasp) an iPhone. Amazing, but true. I’d rather be spending time outdoors, or seeing a friend in person! Imagine that…

3. Some folks tweet so much, I have to wade through pages of tweets trying to find the ones I really want to read. Maybe that could be solved by unfollowing those I don’t really want to keep up with, though being new to Twitter takes some time to figure out who’s tweets you really want coming into your energy field, and again, why bother? What’s so great about it?

4. There are tons of folks who tweet quotes. Quote after quote. Tweeting quotes is nice, but it doesn’t tell me anything about the person. Well, in a way it does, but in a way it feels the same as someone who constantly tweets promotional hype.

Hmmmn, this is making me rethink my little gift of quotes that I send to my followers as a “thank you”. Do they tell my new followers anything about me? Well, maybe the artwork and design does. And I had fun creating it, plus it comes from my heart.

Btw, if you think you might enjoy a few pages of quotes, just go to the “Thanks for Following“ blog page on the right sidebar here under “Pages“. I’m not promoting anything except I hope, LOVE, and creating is most fun when sharing that creation. Consider it my gift for reading this post!

5. Sometimes being on Twitter is like being surrounded by billboards. Do you know there are towns that don’t allow billboards? Until you move to one that does allow them, you don’t realize how wonderful it was to be without. Billboard clutter can be such an energy drain.

6. Don’t get me wrong. I love people and connecting. And I genuinely care about all life & our planet. I also am more of a Be-er. I do plenty, but when people ask what I “do”, I’m more apt to reply “being me”, so the Twitter question “what are you doing” is already lost on me.

7. The very word “twitter”, implies nervousness. Twitting/flitting about. Nervous movements, like the unconscious tapping of one’s leg. Or the constant need to be doing something or going somewhere. Does Twitter fill a need for those who are uncomfortable being alone with themselves, or cannot just sit quietly, listening for a Divine/creative seed-thought?

It seems everywhere we go these days, someone is on their cell phone or texting. Going for a walk along the water front, I’m bombarded by people’s phone conversations. Is it not possible to just go for a walk along the water and notice what is lovely about that? Notice the bird life, feel the breeze, let your mind be free? What if we had a day of no cell phone or texting activity? What if you could go to the park for a picnic and not have to listen to someone’s phone talk? This is another subject entirely, and for another post, so I’ll stop here…

Anyway, that’s all for the moment. It’s a gorgeous day and I’m going out to play… with people… in person… in real time… as in NOW!

I”m wondering what you think. Would love to hear your thoughts if you’d like to share or dare I say connect! Do you love Twitter? If so, why? If you don’t or you’re on the fence, maybe a love/hate sort of thing, what’s your reason?.

Have a lovely day & thanks for reading.

xo joette

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