Maybe you or someone you know has a Facebook or Twitter Addiction problem. Here’s some ways to help manage it.
Admit you have a problem – This sounds like the first step to any other addiction. you ask yourself “What did I just accomplish by checking Facebook?” Ha! If only I had that much self-control over my Facebook/Twitter addiction. Well, at least I admit to it!
Define your goals on Facebook/Twitter – Hmm … I never really had any goals with Facebook. Although maybe my goal should be to reach 5,000 friends. That surely would get me to login more frequently. Just logging in to check on friends’ birthdays, keep track of old friends, etc. Once you catch yourself going off track, log off. If only it was that easy!
Make a Facebook/Twitter Schedule – Seriously? If you find yourself scheduling Facebook into your daily schedule, this should be a serious warning sign. I suggests that “after each Facebook goal, write down how much time and at what frequency you’ll need to be on Facebook to achieve that goal.” Are they serious? Based on the calculations they suggested, you end up using Facebook for 6 hours and 20 minutes a week. I think this is still a relatively significant amount of time, although I spend much more time on the site.
Think of other things you could be doing – Duh! This is a no brainer. I could be at the gym, socializing in the real world or a million other things but there is a reason I logged on in the first place. I’m starting to think that these suggestions are totally useless!
Leave Facebook – If you are spending way too much time on Facebook, quit cold turkey. It’s like having your cell phone turned off for 24 hours. Once you do it, you will realize how dependent you have become and think twice about your usage.
Find a substitute – This one is good. Facebook/Twitter taking up too much time? Find another site that isn’t as good! Someone says “if you find you’re at a computer during critical relapse time, find another website to log onto and read instead of Facebook.” Facebook relapse? This is a little crazy.
Source: sickfacebook.com/
Better yet, have fun while ditching worthless #Facebook “friends.” Burn each and every one, one at a time, and your “groups,” too. (Its a blast!)
Wow, how nice of you to write this for me, CV. No doubt about it – “one” can allow Social Media to take over “one’s” life. Great post; great tips. Maybe a good “tip” I got was when my son said, “I want to throw your computer into the pool!” Ya think?
I truly appreciate the information given so freely on this blog, thanks for the good read!
Yep I think it’s time to go Rambo on FB. I’ve been thinking of it for a while and pretty sure it’s time cuz it’s just a ‘time suck’ for spinning. Thanks for the post.