I have learned a lot in the past 4 months since I started working away from home, more importantly in New York City. Before working at home things were so lonely and for some reason I liked it that way. I do really miss the days of sleeping to 10am, working until 4am and coming and going whenever I wanted. But I don’t miss the friendships and human interaction I have gained since accepting a position here.

I do realize a few things though comparing my former life as a self-employed, young freelancer immersed with social networking.

#1 No one cares about how much money you make, and what new phone/car/book/video game/etc you have bought (or brag about being able to buy).
-If you notice in the “real world” you don’t see John Doe walking into work and bragging about the new socks and t-shirts he bought the night before. I find it funny now how in the “internet world” people compete to show off all the “great” things they have. I’ve come to the conclusion those who are often bragging about all the great stuff they have (or could have) are the pathetic attention whores who a) really can’t afford that stuff and now are in great debt because of it or b) have spent their entire savings on those items and now are leeching off of society to feed themselves and/or their children.

#2 The more someone proclaims that they have the perfect relationship, or that their marriage/boyfriend/girlfriend is sooooo fantastic the less they really believe it.
- I mean this is actually just a logical statement. If you are content with your relationship, and happy there is no reason to keep repeating how “freakin’ happy you are”. It’s like when you ask someone who has tears in their eyes what’s wrong, and they answer “Nothing, I’m fine.” It’s pratically a call for help - a defensive mechanism. If I pretend it’s all good then no one will guess how wrong it is. I’m not saying that happy people don’t talk about why they are happy or when something good is happening you can’t talk about it, but the problem starts occurring when it’s repeated like a broken record, daily. Yeh, so stop posting about how great your significant other is. No one believes it. Even the best relationships have snark, tiffs and fights here and there. Plus, it becomes quite funny when one minute you are complaining about how so-and-so does something wrong, than in the next breath you are saying how great they are. Doesn’t add up. I mean I’m living with a compulsive, perpetual liar and even I am not THAT delusional!