Facebook. A social media. A connection with friends. A information hub about others. A huge distraction!
I’m sure Facebook means something to you. At this point in my life Facebook has become a distraction. I want to go on it all the time and perhaps that is part of procrastinating from school work, but I can’t do it anymore. Yes, I might find another way to procrastinate, but I am hoping this will help the problem.
I will loose the ability to connect with friends easily and let everyone know what I am doing all the time, but really, does everyone need to know what I am doing ALL the time?
It makes it so easy just to check on FB instead of actually picking up the phone or writing an email (which I heard some people talking the other day saying email is a thing of the past. I’m not sure if I agree with that just yet.). There are definitely ups and downs to leaving FB, but for now it’s only until the end of November. After that I will revisit and see how things go. I’m debating on doing again for longer during Lent.
To help me really not go on FB I will deactivate my account, because let’s face it, if my account is still active I am going to go on there. If it is deactivated then I won’t do it. That’s how I went cold turkey with Farmville and it worked, so here’s hoping!
If you connect with me normally on FB, you can always send me an email or give me a call or add me to Skype (jackmastere). I’m not getting rid of all forms of communication, just the one that leads me to not focus on school. I hope you enjoy FaceBooking while I am gone! Bookmark my blog and maybe you will see a few blogs here and there.
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I have thought about giving it up for awhile too! I have given it up for Lent in the past, and it was really refreshing. After Lent, I found I didn't even really want to go back on it. Well, I hope you get more studying done! We'll still be in touch by other forms of communication — email is definitely not a thing of the past!
-Justin
Hey Justin,
You should try it out sometime. I has been really refreshing! I knew that you had given it up before. I'm not missing it that much after all.