that's right, folks. i gave up facebook. i know, you're all gasping, right? though sweets are my weakness, i think i am more addicted to this social network. so i just had to see if i could give it up. in fact, when i first thought about giving it up the thought came to my mind, "oh, i could never!" and that very thought is why i did it. it scared me that i am WAY too addicted. let me explain myself. i never post anything but i stalk people like crazy. i know what all of you ate for dinner, who you hate in the elections and yes, i looked at all 217 of your vacation photos...even though they were super boring. so, with that i am apologizing in advance if your birthday is during lent. because i don't remember birthdays. never have. unless i've known you since 4th grade.
wish me luck.
*lauren
you can totally do it! I gave up facebook too before we got married. It was tough. The toughest part about it was that it was a habit for me. I would check my email then check facebook, and then check it again and again throughout the day. Once i broke the habit, i didn't miss it at all! Thats when i turned to blogging and have never looked back!
ReplyDeleteHere's the story -
The first week or two was really hard and I wanted to go back to facebook many times. But i'll tell you what did it for me... when I worked at the hospital we sat on our butts most of the time. I saw married men showing the other coworkers their ex-girlfriend and saying stuff that I just didn't like. I thought to myself... I would HATE it if Alex was doing that! That's what totally turned me off to facebook.
So, that's my story in a nutshell. :)
(I actually have a facebook, but i only use it for entering contests) :)
Good Luck!!!
Yeah Lauren, this makes me really happy! I have this love/hate relationship with it myself because I hate how addicted people are to technology in general. That's why I say I will never have a smart phone. It makes it too easy to look up your email 100 times a day, when it just isn't necessary. But I do still love the idea of facebook, and like you said, birthdays and big events are where people post things so I've gone a week here, a week there without looking at it. And I've probably missed lots of birthdays...But I like to give myself a half an hour a day, to check my email, facebook, and blogs. Then I check my email one more time before bed. But when the time is up, I close it and don't get on the computer again. I have also set aside computer time for bills, blogging myself, and preschool research, but I have time limits for everything so I don't lose track of time spent. So anyway, I think you can do it!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great one! A great idea, I think I need to take a page out of your facebook and give it up myself. This doesn't mean you'll give up blogging, right?
ReplyDeleteCandy. Every year I give it up. Thanks for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteAnd good luck with FB!
I laughed so hard at the "facebook stalker" description! I think we're all the same. Maybe I should give it up too! Good for you!
ReplyDeleteWait.. I just read this again.. You lived in France?!?! Awesome!!
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