Checking In

It’s funny how my social media addictions document my life.  Between the blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (those fun photos on my home page) and Pinterest, there’s a lot that I put out there about myself.

And then there’s FourSquare.  All this business of checking in somewhere.  I’ve been FourSquaring for about a year and a half.  It’s way more fun when I’m in the city for something or when I’m traveling.  Who doesn’t love being the mayor of an airport terminal, even for a fleeting three minutes?  And that Starbucks mayorship?  I worked super hard for that.  Until I was ousted under the scandalous cloud of Keurig ownership.  Now some dude named AJ took my spot.  But, don’t you worry, I have my eye on him and am secretly mounting a Shock-and-Awe-style Starbucks comeback.

But, day-to-day, FourSquare basically confirms how very lame predictable I am.  In fact, as I looked at the stats, I realized it might be a little depressing.

Case in point:  My top places on FourSquare over the last six months are Starbucks (89 visits), Pure Barre (my crazy workout — 49 visits), the Y (more workouts — 16 visits), Trader Joe’s (16 visits) and a pub up the street  (9 visits, and counting — maybe 12 by the time you read this, depending on how the long weekend goes).

Hm.

Let’s dig a little deeper.

So, basically, my life can be reduced to the following cycle:

–Consume food and drinks.  Perhaps in excess.

–Attempt to burn resulting calories.

–Douse body with caffeine to keep going.

–Get dragged to Home Depot for endless basement renovation issues.

–Address Home Depot PTSD via retail therapy.

–{And possibly forget to check FourSquare friend requests — just noticed that.}

To boost my FourSquare points — and my lame factor — I could check in at other places I frequent and snag some easy mayorships.  Like the grocery store.  My car.  Pre-school.  The laundromat.  And the hole formerly known as my basement, where I stare at the future site of my laundry reunion — there’s no line of FourSquare rivals competing with me to hang out there.

But I don’t really think this is the purpose of social media.  You don’t need to know when I’m buying diapers or screaming at my contractor.  Just assume that both happen frequently.

Thanks, FourSquare.  As uplifting as this has been, I’m starting to think it’s time for me to check out.  Right after I drink coffee, eat something, work out, pour a glass of wine, eat more and then look at cabinet pulls at Home Depot.  While eating and holding a Starbucks latte.

But you already knew that.