Do you still use Twitter? I do. Although I’m not completely sure why. I don’t think any of my blog traffic comes from there. I see most people using it for links to posts and lots of Instagram pictures. Which I get, I tweet post links (not just mine) ALL THE TIME as well as most of my IG pics. Occasionally I find something on twitter that I click on because I want to read it. Even less occasionally, I still have a conversation with someone in tweets.
Recently I put this tweet out there:
However, I did not make the graphic, Famous Footwear did. Isn’t that cool? Also, my hashtag on the original tweet was #momlife, and obviously, theirs in different. It’s one they use a lot. I guess they are trying to tap into the whole “mom blogger” thing or somethin’. I’m down with that. I like shoes too much. And since they put my handle on the bottom I thought it was pretty neat that a company with followers 30,000 + followers retweeted me in such a way!
I will admit, sometimes I use Twitter to share something that I am not fully committed to sharing on Facebook. Sometimes I do both but many times I just put it out in a tweet. I always try to tag the writer, even if their writing is on another site. I have gone out of my way to find someone’s twitter handle so that they can know I tweeted their work. I try to be a good “share-er” like that.
Some say they miss the way twitter used to be but I think we are all just spending time “chatting” on Facebook instead so we cannot really miss it that much, you know? I have IRL friends who still say “I don’t get twitter”. Yeah, sometimes I do not either anymore…
By the way, that moment I tweeted about up there was quite heartbreaking. I was literally standing in my closet, hanging up the last of my shirts when my child came into my room to take a shower and put his clothes in my hamper in the bedroom. Feel free to share. Surely I cannot be the only one with such a devastating blow. #SadPanda #hashtagsrock #momlife #firstworldproblems
Okay, here’s some other stuff I want to share with y’all. That I probably found through Facebook, not Twitter.
I recently had a new online acquaintance email me to thank me for helping them realize their true writing/blogging purpose (it wasn’t actually all that dramatic but you know…) I simply said, “Be true to yourself.” That’s all. So when Leigh Ann led me to this post I was all, “Yup, uh huh.” See, she and I kind of had the same situation so it’s extra cool.
This is a great post about teaching kids to be resilient, from Blair Armstrong. Number 7 is titled “Sharing Sucks!” Go see what other gems she has for us parents.
And me, well I wrote something that you may enjoy over at BonBon Break. It’s about slowing down (just a little) in these hectic lives we lead.
I’m linking up with MamaKat because I wrote about a tweet. You should visit her too and sign up for her writing prompts. There are new ones every week and even if I do not write about them here, I am usually inspired in some way. 🙂
Lastly, I’ll leave y’all with this. Found in a coloring/sketch book that the kids and I share. I keep it in our van and when we have to wait somewhere we take it in to entertain us. This was written by the 8-year old. Hashtag, #AwesomeFind
Your eight-year-old made a fantastic observation. I love it!
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He’s a hoot! 😀
Twitter has definitely changed over the years. It is not how I remembered it being. Not the same social hang out like it was. Blogging even — scares me.
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Nope, not the hang out it was, that’s for sure. I do miss that…
You rock! Thanks so much for the shout out!!!! And I tweet the tweets but never know if it does me a whole lot of good?? However, I sort of feel like that about everything I do with my writing. It’s all, “Ummmm hello? Is there anybody out there??? Bueler? Bueler?” and then I drink a bunch of wine and write anyway.
ps- That is the best ever #awesomefind
I totally get what you are saying, I feel that way too. And I think writing anyway is a good plan. It’s what I do too. 🙂
Wait, are grownups allowed to adopt the “I am awesome and everyone else is weird” mantra because ……. #SOTRUE 🙂
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I think so. Go ahead! 😉
I have the same attitude towards Twitter re: sharing things there that I’m not inclined to share on FB – more so to do with the “audience” on FB than anything. I do miss Twitter chats. Sigh.
Yes, I agree, that’s what it has to do with for me as well, the audience.
I miss those too but then I do not really have time of them so…
I wrote about a tweet last week, too. lol So fun that Famous Footwear retweeted you! I’m not on Twitter as much as I used to be. Probably because I work in social media now and I’m not enjoying Twitter on a personal level like I used to. I’ve been using it a bit more lately, and I’m reminded of why I loved it in the first place. =)
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It can be fun, if you get in a convo and/or people actually respond or react (RT) your tweets. I hope you can enjoy it again (if you want to)! 🙂
I feel the same way about Twitter. I still use it and love it, but couldn’t really say why. I don’t use it to drive traffic like I used to and many of my bantering friends are mia. It’s different nowadays but I still like it. 🙂 And yes, the never ending cycle of laundry is PAINFUL!
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I’m not on Twitter nearly as much anymore and it makes me a bit sad. I used to love the interaction and I met some awesome people; people I’ve connected with on Facebook, Instagram and through our blogs.
I love your eight year old’s attitude! I may just adopt it……not him, of course, he’s yours 😉
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For some reason I really like Twitter…though I’m not really on it much. I think it’s just that I find it so much more difficult to reach people over Facebook. Instagram is becoming a favorite too (I know, so far behind the times). You’ve definitely had some great tweet coverage, though. And I love that note from your 8-year old!
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I still use Twitter but nearly as much as the “old days.”
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