If you’ve converted your Facebook profile to the new Timeline, you’ve seen how different it is than your previous page. Timeline isn’t only designed to look different; it has an entirely new function. Timeline has a greater purpose than the old Facebook profile. It is supposed to represent you and chronicle your entire life. It’s meant to present you to the world by showcasing the most important events in your life. These events are augmented and explained by your Facebook activity, from your wall posts to your photographs to your comments. It’s a social media history of you.
But Facebook doesn’t just want to design your page for you. Timeline encourages you to actively participate in creating your profile. You get to decide what events and information stands out to the people who view your page. You can hide the things you want them to forget, and you can enhance and add the things you want them to notice. Your Timeline doesn’t just represent the years since you’ve joined Facebook; it encompasses your entire life. Based on this, you have some work to do in order to show the whole picture. You’ll need to fill in the gaps in your Facebook Timeline, and here’s how.
Evans Craig's Facebook Timeline
Start with Your Birth
The earliest event that Facebook has on your profile is your birth, based on the birthday you provided when you signed up. So the first thing you should do is scroll all the way down to the bottom of your Timeline and edit your birth. There will be a big box inviting you to add a picture. Go ahead and get out the cutest photo to represent you as a newborn and scan it. This addition to your profile will be incredibly endearing, and your friends will love that you took the time to add it. Then, hit Edit in the upper right-hand corner of the box. You can add the hospital you were born in, where you grew up, and tell the story of your birth.
Add Life Events
When you view your Timeline, right next to the option to post your status or upload a picture, there will be an option called Life Event. Click on Life Event, and you can add anything you want to your Timeline. There are categories for Work & Education, Family & Relationships, Home & Living, Health & Wellness, and Travel & Experiences. Under these categories, you can select from a broad range of life events, such as buying a house, getting a new vehicle, quitting a habit, ending a relationship, a new job, or “other life event,” which allows you to add anything you choose. Go through these categories one-by-one and filling in the significant events in your life. Remember that these will be visible to all your friends and possibly anyone online, so don’t add events you don’t want to talk about. Think of major, exciting, or life-changing events, such as moving, going on vacation, or starting a new job. Add the details and stories, then go through your photo albums and scan and upload relevant photos. Before you know it, you’ll have a complete and compelling Timeline.
Carrie Waggoner is a professional writer and social media marketing strategist. She prefers grammar checker for all her web content work.
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