Jean Holewa

About me

I'm a baby-boomer, empty-nester, speaker, writer, social media enthusiast who finds great pleasure and perplexity in what some people share on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Frankly speaking, it's just nuts! Life is easier lived when people create and follow boundaries between what is good and fun enough to share while maintaining dignity by keeping intimately personal matters private.

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Politics and Facebook Don't Mix

By Jean Holewa

Uncertainty about the economy and the future leaves most people feeling uneasy. Add in the complexities of managing family life and work, and it's easy to see why we so eagerly seek the diversions of relaxation and entertainment.MORE »

Keep it Off the Wall

By Jean Holewa

Facebook is neither a soft shoulder nor a diary. There is no promise of compassion or privacy. Yet some people insist on posting everything from the minutiae of their daily lives to their deepest most intimate thoughts. What you had for dinner might bore someone but isn't likely to make anybody uncomfortable.MORE »

Designate a thinker if you're a drinker

By Jean Holewa

Sometime in my past I was guilty of being at a party or two and having a little too much to drink. I know I probably said and did some crazy things, but my fellow revelers forgave me because they were being pretty crazy too.MORE »

Loose Lips & Loose Fingertips

By Jean Holewa

The expression "Loose Lips May Sink Ships," was coined by the U.S.MORE »