If a person goes for a walk but doesn't post about it, did it happen?

In 2000 my family signed up for the internet for the first time. It was dial up, I was so excited! I think it was called, "local line". I could sign up for an email address (which was used for actual communication and not just store coupons and spam) and AIM. I was allowed to be on the internet for about an hour an evening before bed. Literally I was allowed on from 8-9pm. I first communicated with my now husband of 6 years in 2000 on AIM. 

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Over the next few years the only thing I used the internet for was AIM, ICQ (random digit user names anyone?!) and Napster. 

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Back in 2004 I was entering my senior year of high school. I had a super cool Nextel phone. Seriously, it was amazing. Not only could I call people on it (with my 100 minutes or so) but I could use it like a walkie talkie with push to talk (was that what it was called??). Of course I only had so many of those allotted to me as well. The screen was small and in black and white. I MAY have had the snake game on it and it was pre-intalled... there was no "app store". 

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My online presence consisted mostly of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and I had a Geocities website (if you didn't have one you weren't cool). The only profile I had was on my AIM account where I could put quotes and things about myself in whatever colors my heart desired (as long as it was in the drop down menu...). We had dial up still so it was about 45 seconds from the time I wanted to get online until I actually could. Oh and no one could be on our landline phone, which was our primary means of communication. 

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In 2005ish I moved up in the world and got a sleek new pink razor phone and O.M.G. it had a color screen! It had texting capabilities! I only had to click "2" 3 times to type a "C". Of course it cost about 30 cents to send or receive a text, so it better be gosh darn important if you are sending me a text. I was also entering college and so I purchased my first laptop. It was pretty neat too... It was a dell and I could pick which color I wanted the outer shell to be, you know, for an extra $80 or so. College introduced me to the world of high speed internet. 2005 also brought my Facebook account to me. Back in 2005 you needed to be an approved college student with an .edu email address. 
Today in 2013 I'm typing on a MacBook with my iPhone sitting next to me. My phone is in color and can play real music, not just beeps and tones. My phone has internet. My phone is essentially a computer that fits into my pocket. Woah. Oh not impressed by that? I would have been 10 years ago. 
10 years ago if I went out for a walk no one knew about it. If you knew about it it was because you were either there or I mentioned it to you when I saw you. If you saw a picture of it I would have had to have taken a picture on my film camera, finished up the roll - possibly 3 weeks later, went to the store put the film into a paper envelope, wait 5-6 days while they mailed it to a lab, picked it back up, looked through them to see if any turned out (no fingers in the way etc) and brought them over to you for you to see my view on the walk. You probably wouldn't have been interested. I wouldn't have cared if you weren't interested because I had enjoyed my walk and that was that. 
Today if I go on a walk I can instantly post a picture of something I see on my walk and people can "like" it. 

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It's not even that we wait until the end of the day to upload our pictures we've taken that day. We upload pictures as the event/happening is still going on. My daughter could be dancing around the living room, I'll snap a picture and it is live on FB or Instagram before she is even done dancing. 
Why?
It's almost as if I don't post a picture or talk about it on social media that it didn't happen. Like if I don't share about it, then I didn't enjoy it as much. I mean Heaven forbid I go to an amusement park and no one know! 
But WHY?! I don't know. It's been a slow progression. It's a habit. Possibly even an addiction. I tend to feel a bit lost if my phone isn't within reach, almost anxious even. I don't want to get rid of my phone, there are so many benefits, and I DO like social media. I just need to step back. Remind myself that I did experience things before there was a way to instantly share it with the world. 
Have I missed moments with my child because I was occupied with my phone or computer? Probably. Most definitely. Have I not heard something my husband said because I was playing Candy Crush? Yep. I have a goal of not retreating from social media, but of it being a minor part of my life instead of a major part. 
Social media is certainly not bad. I'm so blessed that I can keep in contact with special people in my life in this way. I would have probably lost touch with some amazing people without Facebook and text messaging. I think I just need to learn better social media management. Back in the early 2000's internet and technology limitations automatically limited my use, I now have to do that for myself - and I've done a pretty bad job at it. 
Do you manage social media and technology well? Do you use it too much? Are you one of those that are able to separate phone/internet/computer usage from your every day life?
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