It's the first day of the new year, and while I normally don't make resolutions (because like the other 99.9% of the resolution-makers out there, I don't follow through), I'm making an exception this year. My resolution this year is this:   *I am going to give up social media for at least six months.* I've done it before, so I know it's not an impossible task. I also know how it changes things for the better, at least for me.  I can see the negative impact it has in my life, and I'm ready for a change.  I read this article , and I realize that, given the outlet (a listening ear or reading eyes, as it were), I can be a really negative person, and I can honestly say, I didn't used to be. And I miss that gal.  Unfortunately, for me, social media (Facebook) is a huge outlet for negativity. I read other people's grumbles and complaints, I view article after article listing the wrong things in this world, and my head and heart start to ju...