I finally overstepped common courtesy and posted an offensive meme on a post that had nothing to do with me and caused a lot of hurt feelings that I don't know if I can ever fully repair.
I removed the Facebook app on all my handheld devices and am only letting myself sign onto it from the desktop or laptop, both of which I don't really care to use. I considered deactivating my account altogether, and I still might in the future, but I do use Facebook messenger as a main source of contact with several people, so I wanted to maintain access to it.
It's been just 24 hours since I removed it from this iPad and it's amazing how often I was inclined to tap the icon to open it. I almost gave myself permission to bring it up in the web browser, but I held out and didn't do it. I kept myself busy working on neglected projects so that helped.
I'm not kidding when I say I feel this is a real addiction and a real problem for me. I'm going to make myself a list of some of the projects I want to work on so that I'll have something to occupy my time whenever boredom strikes and I find myself wanting to log on. I do have this blog set up with a Facebook page, so I plan to let myself sign onto Facebook once a week to see if anyone has tagged me in anything, and I'll do the blog posts on its page at that time.
There is nothing wrong with Facebook and other forms of social media, but it works best when used in moderation. Please leave a comment with your experience with using social media. Are you able to self moderate or do you find you have to force a time out from it? I'd love to hear how others deal with this.
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