Almost 3 weeks without Facebook
It’s now been almost 3 weeks since I deactivated my Facebook account. Here are some updates:
1. My account is now active. I need to log on to check a few closed Facebook groups that sometimes have important information I need, so my account had to be reactivated. Also, a friend who doesn’t have FB knows my PW to be able to log on and snoop around and she kept reactivating it anyway. I’ve only logged on 2 times though, and only for about 3 minutes each time.
2. I noticed that I don’t have a lot of distant friends’ email addresses. I have always been terrible with Facebook messaging, but I didn’t realize how vital it can be until now.
3. My time is still a lot more free. I’m a lot more productive at work, and my time with my kids is my time with my kids. There is no more nonsense of the distracted scrolling through my Facebook feed. I’m going on my 3rd at home manicure in almost 3 weeks, and I’ve spoken to several friends over the phone.
4. I’m out of the loop. I don’t know anything going on in anyone’s lives anymore, and to be honest I don’t really care! If it’s something important I would hope that friend would call, text or email me to let me know. People have mentioned things shared on Facebook, and I don’t mind that I don’t know what they’re talking about…. except for this video. This might be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life. You probably need to know my husband to appreciate it.
5. I no longer automatically try to hit up facebook.com like I was doing 10,000 times a day the first few days. It’s as though I completely forgot about that time suck.
So far the score is Sabrina – 1, Facebook – 0. Going to see how long this lasts…
PS – I’m keeping the bag. I can’t help it.
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I can relate to number one—i have a friend that uses my account too! After the kids go to bed though, I love to mindlessly scroll the feeds, it’s like a stress reliever or something. Good job. And I’m glad you’re keeping the bag! I need something good—I am sick of living in an LLBEAN tote/diaper bag. But, with the baby so little, I figure I have at least two more years of that!!
did not know you did that! I want to but I run 3 different pages for companies…maybe I should limit it to certain hours of the day. good job!
I feel so inspired by this, and kind of want to give it a try. I did take a step and took FB alerts off my phone, which has helped. But it’s still too much a part of my life. And honestly? I don’t even like it or gain anything! Most of what I see on FB is annoying lists or quizzes, or just regurgitated Instagram photos. Maybe I’ll give it a shot.
Glad the no-Facebook thing is working for you! I’ve never been on FB (maybe one of the reasons why my blog never took off?), so I don’t know what it’s like to miss it, but I’m pretty sure I don’t want to join anytime soon (despite friends urging me to do so).