Impulse Control?

I have always been a little on the impulsive side. This was vividly illustrated in what at first seemed to me to be an embarrassing incident on FB:

I received a note from a friend I had not seen in years! It said that I was mentioned in her note. So I clicked on the link only to realize that it was a FB application that was trying to install itself. I quickly clicked off of it....but then I got a little curious about what it was even about. So I decided to just check out what it was for. As it turns out, it was to try and identify who was looking at your FB profile. I quickly clicked off of it again. I did not desire to know who was "FB stalking me." But then again, why not?? I clicked on it again only to immediately close the window for the last time.

Had I thought through the whole process, I would never have clicked on the link. For not only did I waste a whole minute clicking on this link three times...every single time that I clicked on the link it forwarded this spam app to every single "friend" that I have on FB.

At first I was mortified. They would THINK that I was trying to find out who was FB stalking me. No wait...they would KNOW it, as the invite will serve as a valid confirmation.

I freaked out for all of a few minutes before deciding that it was actually pretty funny. I didn't really care what people thought upon receiving the invite. I regretted they would get it because they would face the temptation of clicking on the pop-ups, but other than that I didn't care if they thought I was a FB stalker or FB stalker-seeker, or whatever. FB is designed for us to keep in touch with people that we know and love. It helps to keep us connected. It is designed so that we can "stalk" each other. However funny the term "FB stalker" is, it is inaccurate and causes people to feel self-conscious. Or perhaps I merely speak for myself?

Anyhow, even though I do occasionally waste time on FB and even though it is possibly re-wiring my brain to be even more ADD than I already am...I am glad for it!! ;P

Connections are everything in life!! :)

p.s. "ADD" is also one of those terms in our vernacular that is misused, over-used, abused. Additionally, it is also inaccurate. I think those with a tendency for wandering minds have not so much attention deficit but rather, a little too much attention. They see everything and try to bring all knowledge into one whole. Was it ADD when Einstein was daydreaming at the Swiss Patent office about trains moving at the speed of light which led to ground-breaking physics theories...completely advancing the progression of our understanding of the world?? Thank goodness for the connections made by seemingly unfocused minds.

p.p.s. If the whole of the human populace didn't have a little ADD we would be a very boring race! And I am glad we are not...but that we find the humor in life. :P

p.p.p.s. I really love this burgeoning sense of self, of reality, of finding the humor in life and not worrying about the judgments of men. There is no reason to be embarrassed for being human! Think of me as you will...I am just trying the be the best I can with what I have been given.