I'm Giving Up Facebook for lent!
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.
posted by Teaching Heart Mom @ 12:08 PM
10 Comments:
son't have a facebook account but i will share this with my parents (who are in their 60's) who are facebook-addicts!
Oh my gosh - I could not give up facebook! LOL
thanks for the comments guys... i probably replace my vice with blog hopping more and making more comments on blogs.
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
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
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!
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about giving up Facebook for lent. Sounds good.
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You are way stronger than I am! ;-)e
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 :)
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.
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