MySpace is a blessing and a curse - depending on how you look at it.

Sometimes I look through my friends pages and there are times I wish I didn't look. I see all the wonderful things going on in their lives and I look at mine and wonder if I'm doing all I can to succeed.

I've decided to take a vacation from looking and get to the business of living.  I realize you can look at everyone's lives as a spectator or you can go about living your own.

Social media networks are a great way to network, but looking up information on former classmates or old boyfriends can become an obsession if you let it.

From October until December 2008 I'm determined to put my eyes back on the prize and find out who I am. 

My birthday is two months away and I worry I've spent my 20's looking instead of living. I don't want to celebrate my next birthday carrying so much baggage into a new year.

I definitely have some work to do!

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