30 Days of no Facebook – Looking back

It’s funny I used to think that people that spent the majority of their time playing WoW were bad, but in reality half of my friends are more engrossed in a social media network, than the real world.

For so long I’ve been addicted to be being “connected” and doing things thinking about how I’m going to word it on Facebook when I get home, or even being the first of my friends to tag us somewhere. Commenting, and trying to start discussions with people that I know would lead to nowhere.

I will no longer be consumed as I have been with Facebook. I will no longer wakeup, and check if I have any notifications, or what everyone posted on their walls. Over the course of the next few days I plan on eliminating a lot of the clutter of so called “friends” that contribute nothing of value to my life.

There was a noticeable difference in the activities I was doing while not on Facebook, I spent more time doing things I enjoy, and actually spending time with the people I care about rather than having conversations through FB with them while sitting in the same house as them. I also found it harder to spend time with some people, for the simple fact of how engrossed they themselves were with FB, and other social media on their phones, and computers. I could be having a conversation with someone and they wouldn’t even know what was being said. Agreeing with an occasional nod of the head, or even losing sight of the fact that a living person was in the same room as them.

If I were to do it all over again: I would eliminate other social media sites such as Google+, YouTube , and Twitter as well. While I did not spend a considerable amount of time on these sites, I did find myself more drawn to them than before. Maybe to fill the void that Facebook left me with. I even logged into MySpace, but ended up sending them a message to close the account permanently. I would also ban looking at any screen within an hour or so of going to bed (Other than setting my alarm of course). All of these small things seriously add up.

Until you try going without you won’t even realize how much you’re missing out on, and how much time you’re thinking about, and living in a virtual reality.