Hit or Miss Wednesday is a little, OK , a lot different today! Â It’s not a recipe or a project! Â It’s all about something I read on twitter. Â Was the article I read on twitter a hit or miss?
I’ve been trying to get more into twitter because, frankly, it’s just not my first choice for social media. Â So, I made myself scroll through my timeline the other day and I actually saw a few articles that I was interested in. Â And if you want to follow me on twitter, you can do so here! Â (What a shameless plug for my blog!)
As we all know, interesting headlines are what draw us into reading an article. Â If the headline doesn’t grab us, we tend to walk on by.
When I saw a heading entitled 10 Things That Are Scientifically Proven to Make You Unhappy, I had to see what it was all about because I’m a happy person and  Don’t worry, Be happy is my motto!
Of course, I had to shorten the headline to 10 Things That Make You Unhappy!
I’m not going to weigh in on every one of these statements, just three. Â Here’s my take!
There  was a study done at the University of Michigan that found a direct correlation between time spent on social media sites and feelings of dissatisfaction, loneliness and isolation.
My take: Â Get a life! Â The only way I can see Facebook making me unhappy is if you unsubscribed to my page! Â Yep, that would do it. Â And we all have those friends that we threaten to hide because of all their drama! Â I mean, really, sometimes I blush because of TMI. Â As my daughter, Caitlin, says, “Face your problems, don’t facebook them.” Â Wise girl. Â I was taught the difference between those things we talk about in public and things that should be kept private. Â Enough said.
Oh, yeah, you can follow me on Facebook right here!
Too Much Money
I have to vehemently disagree. Â Money is not evil. Â I’ve never had a dollar bill try to hurt me, hold me at gun point or kidnap me. Â It’s the love of money that corrupts people. Â Money is neutral. Â It has no feelings. Â I will volunteer to be a part of a study if they would give me too much money and see if it would make me unhappy.
Living at High Altitude
I don’t live in a high altitude, so basically I should leave this alone. Â Never! Â My sister lives in Colorado and I’ve visited enough to make myself a self appointed expert.
I have to somewhat agree with this one.  Every time I visit Colorado, I struggle with walking up a flight of stairs.  My sister laughs at me because she has lived there almost 30 years!  Come back home, Melinda!  🙂  She’s acclimated (I would hope so!) and it doesn’t bother her a bit.  And she’s very happy!  So I say hit and Melinda says miss on this one!
On a  serious note (and I hope you’ve read my blog long enough to know that I’m rarely serious), this article is neither a hit or a miss.  It’s neutral.  Just like money!
It’s your turn! Â You are invited to weigh in on any of these statements, mine included! Â Do you agree with the 10 things that make you unhappy?
