There were a few articles on Linkedin about people quitting Facebook recently. I'd realised that I too spent a lot of time on that social networking site and decided to try and see for myself what does it feels like not logging in to Facebook. Therefore, I decided to deactivate my fb account for at least a week starting today and deactivated it yesterday night before I went to sleep. I had tried 3 days without internet during my cruise trip and I had no problem with it. I guess no fb for a week shouldn't be much of a problem too.
I would like to blog about my experience here and this post will be updated daily for a week.
Day 1 - It's been 24 hours since I deactivated my account. So far, I have no desire to reactivate it and I don't feel I am missing out on anything. Only accidentally open fb login page as I am so used to opening Facebook when I start my browser.
Day 2 - It is a weekend therefore I am having more free time in front of the computer. Using those free time to read. Currently I am still having no problem with it. I doubt I am missing anything important anyway.
Day 3 - Accidentally opened Facebook login page twice today. Looks like subconsciously, I still can't get rid of that habit yet.
Day 4 - Again, I accidentally opened Facebook login page once today. I am starting to miss checking out my of my close friends latest update. It won't be a big deal I guess, could always ask them about their life when I meet them in person.
Day 5 - It has been more than half a week. I might miss some things on fb but I honestly think I can survive without fb. I am not feeling any compulsion or urgency yet to reactivate my account. Is it because my mind is only thinking that one week is a very short time? Since I am feeling good so far, I will most likely continue my deactivation period after Day 7.
Day 6 - I usually depend on fb for updates about stuff I am interested in such as Nintendo, anime and new figure release. Without fb, I now have some extra work by regularly checking forums or their website for news and update. It is a bit inconvenient but still manageable.
Day 7 - Woot! I made it, 7 days without logging in to fb. It was a very easy experiment. Did not suffer from any withdrawal syndrome except the occasional accident of opening the login page. (>_<)
Through this 7 days, I got to spend more time reading book (currently reading A Game of Thrones) and also reading different articles on LinkedIn. The last 7 days also did help me on my spiritual development. I realised that fb is mostly just a source of entertainment for me and only a little on reconnecting me with friends as I can always reach them through whatsapp or text message. I believe I am definitely, missing a lot of stupid stuff on fb, therefore laughing less frequently from those troll posts. However, it isn't really a big lost. I am able to carry out more beneficial activities with those extra free time I have instead of staring blankly into fb and waiting for some interesting post to pop out.
My account will continue staying deactivated for now. I shall try to reach the one month milestone now and perhaps blog about it when the time comes.
---Update---
Unfortunately, I had some unfinished business on FB during that time and reactivated back my account few days later. I shall try again one month without FB soon.
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