Giving up chocolate, candy, alcohol etc for Lent…what about that 21st century semi addiction Facebook???
I thought about it last year and blogged about it too. I was weak then and gave up Diet Coke instead. This year as I sat down thinking up what I should give up… I started to think of some of my favorite things;
Diet Coke – Gave that up weeks ago to clean up my diet…
Chocolate – Really hardly eat that anyhow now that I am working on being clean.
Blackberry – Not that strong!
Magazines – Naaahhhh!!!
Swearing – Don’t do that very often.
Drinking – Don’t really do that either.
Hmmmm. Facebook – on that silly site way too much. Plus I once called it a Black Hole in my life and really it is. I read this blog article and it made me really think and wonder what life would be like without my Facebook Vice?
This is like a little experiment in seeing if I get more done this way. How many times have I thought I was going to get the laundry done and ended up on Facebook??? A few too many! It will be interesting to see if I get more done now that I am Facebook free till Easter. I hear that giving up Facebook is a popular/trendy thing to do. People even give you tips on how to give it up! I am joining the trend. It will be hard for me as I do LOVE Facebook! I will be wondering what all my Facebook Buds are up to and probably miss out on a lot of the fun Facebook chatter. Still, It will be a challenge and a break that I need.
Have you ever given up Facebook for Lent or just because? Did your to-do list improve? Was it hard?
Here’s a few interesting links I found on the subject:
http://www.charliewrites.com/life-without-facebook
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-512535/Are-Facebook-And-ruining-life.html
If we are Facebook friends, you will need to email or call me if you need me. I’ll let you all know how life without Facebook goes in a future post.
i gave up facebook last year for lent it was so difficult but this year I am so busy I am not on facebook as much and the rush is over, I guess the new rush is my blog. Can't give that up this year because I am still building blog traffic, I only have 12 followers and I am working so hard at it. Do you have a rainforest packet on your website, I am doing a 2 week unit on rainforest and they love your dice and bucket games and wondered if you had any rainforest for Pre-k and K.
good luck giving up facebook you can do it.
I love it, I was listening to the Christian station and they were talking about what ppl were giving up and it was a one of the top things!
Good for you, oh man diet coke that would be a hard one 🙂
You are way stronger than I am! ;-)e
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about giving up Facebook for lent. Sounds good.
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My husband also gave up TV once..that was hard. For both of us! We were dating at the time so it wasn't a life changing effect on me but was still annoying!
Hey. I've given up facebook for lent, and will be blogging about it also, I am waaay too addicted. I leave it on in the background as I work and end up checking it every 5 minutes – pathetic!!
http://photostorybooking.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-facebook-for-lent-day-1.html
Im 16 and I'm giving up facebook this year in order to prepare for my exams!
Day 1 has gone well so far …
Apart from the fact I haven't actually done any studying yet … :S
thanks for the comments guys… i probably replace my vice with blog hopping more and making more comments on blogs.
Oh my gosh – I could not give up facebook! LOL
son't have a facebook account but i will share this with my parents (who are in their 60's) who are facebook-addicts!