Detele Facebook: or, at a minimum, delete the Facebook App from your phone
Did you know the average amount of time a person spends on Facebook per day is 50 minutes? And, that’s only the average. Where do you fall within the range? Whatever your answer, I can confidently say, it’s too long. We only have 24 hours in a day and what we do with those hours have a huge impact on the quality of our life. I am sorry for being the bearer of bad news, but Facebook is bringing you down and does not deserve close to an hour every day, of your life.
Why I Deleted the Facebook App From My Phone
Distraction
There are so many things that would be a better use of my time. First and foremost, spending it with my daughter who is growing up entirely too fast. Even scrolling through Facebook for 5 or 10 minutes an hour while I *think* she is doing something else, sends a message to her that she is not important. Wow. Send me the “Best Mom Award” now, will ya? Seriously, though. The thought of this makes me want to cry. Right. Now.
Time Waster
I find it a bit hard to believe the average amount of time on Facebook is 50 minutes per day. That statistic leads me to think user accounts are being taken into consideration that has been created but are not active. Nonetheless, almost an hour a day is not to be taken lightly.
Something I have stressed over and over is how what we do every day, shows our children how life should look. What we do shows them what is ok. Would it be ok with you if your child spent hours a day on social media?
Too much negativity
Do you want some cheese with your whine? I can’t even scroll my news feed 3 minutes without shaking my head numerous time at the complaining I see again and again and again.
It’s NOT REAL LIFE
I realize not everyone is negative. In fact, I am guessing more than half of my friends are the opposite of what I wrote above about negativity. Only posting the fabulous, happy, perfect moments on your page can make others feel like life is a competition. Is that your fault if you post all happy things? Absolutely not. In fact, good for you for using it as a positive outlet and sharing for friends and family near and far to keep up with your life who you might not have time to keep up with otherwise. But we need to remember, Facebook is not real life. It can also cause havoc on relationships and therefore need to ensure our priorities are on real life and not social media.
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Why I will Delete Facebook: My Reasons Are Personal But Perhaps You Can Relate
A desire to be more productive
I want to be more productive. Let’s be honest. Our to-do list seems to be never-ending even if it’s just due to our own pressure to get it all done. Maybe I want to read a book but feel like I never have time. Dishes to do, laundry to wash and fold, meals to plan and prep, and most important: time to spend in real life with people I love. Scrolling through Facebook for 20 minutes every hour is going to push you further away from getting to what’s most important.
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Privacy of my life {and my family’s life}
Here’s the raw honest truth. Until now, I have been an over-poster on Facebook. I share, what I consider, too much. There have been countless times I’ve thought to myself, “it’s really probably not a good idea that I’m posting so many photos of my child on the Facebook. What if the wrong person picks my child to exploit?” Sadly, those have just been passing thoughts and not thoughts I have taken action to change. Until now. I’m making a promise to myself today, I am not going to share nearly the amount I have been posting and I’m going to drastically reduce the number of minutes that turn into hours on Facebook. As a result of this one change, I will be a better mom than I have been in the past.
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