Taking a Facebook hiatus (:

Actually a smilie should NOT be there because it is a matter of high significance and serious nature for me. I noticed that while taking care and watching my dear Sofulia on a daily basis, I get a bit antsy at times - all magazines have been read, all the easy to read books flipped through, & the only distraction source (yes, any mom knows of this need, it`s like being in an office and browsing through infinite quantities of sites to kill the time) is my I-phone. The last resort so to say. And on the phone, which apps do I have uploaded? Not so many as one would have assumed. Only those required for an adequate existence in the social media world, such as Facebook. Yesterday though I caught myself reverting to FB checking every 10 minutes or so without any justifiable real reason for it. I did not expect any important message via FB and I did not intend to check any important hot news, especially because FB feed can hardly be considered the most objective coherent news source. And then I did some simple math in my mind - let`s say I check this thing for at least 5 min in such a compulsive way every day for year, how much time will I have wasted? Let`s see: 5 x 365 = 1825 minutes divided by 60 min = around 30 hours in total. And that`s the minimum, because I hardly spend only 5 min on it, I`m flattering my self-disciplinary abilities. That`s a lot of time... I`d rather spend it watching good movies, having meaningful conversations or just looking at my daughter and reading her face that tells me so much more than at times this nonsensical regurgitation on FB does... Hence, I decided to keep away from FB - I`ll see how long I will last. The countdown started today. At first I felt the urge to check it at least once - to know if someone liked something of mine etc but that`s would be deviating from this contract I signed mentally with myself this morning. No checking means no checking. Of course I`ll have to reward myself for being such a stoic in these harsh FB-infested times. I am already going through the list of all possible rewards I`d be interested. But the day is not over yet and the temptations are plenty. We`ll see how many days I can live free of the Feed.