I’ve been training quite hard lately and contrary to common knowledge it would appear that exhaustion does not lead to blissful sleep… Another night awake, and what better way then to browse through Facebook and get updates from my friends and family round the world….Vote my baby isn’t she cute; Go Manchester United; Just spent a whole weekend with my boy and loved it; Is so hungover it hurts…. Just a few of the status updates I had in my news feed, you would think the boredom alone would have put me to sleep. Alas, it was 11:59 and I was still awake – lets see who’s online. 47 People, most of whom are in New Zealand, and I would probably not talk to for more than half a pint of Guiness in a pub….Maybe I should go wish someone Happy Birthday… nope ex sales rep; someone I met travelling 3 years ago; and someone’s dog… this isn’t going welll…

This isn’t an isolated moment, and I dread to think how much time I’ve wasted on Facebook in the last 3 years; my life tricking through a virtual news feed; 100kb’s at a time….

So in the spirit of Lent… I’ve decided to drop my social obsession with my virtual world of 916 friends – 95% of whom I won’t ever see again… here’s how I did it..

  1. Adjusts your privacy settings to ‘Only Me’
    You’re not going to have control of your Facebook account for 40 days, that’s quite a lot of time for drunken antics and random photos to be tagged of you.
  2. Remove Wall Postings:
    This handy tip was thanks to my best friend Rick – who said he was going to smear my wall with insults – Thanks fella;)
  3. Remove email / mobile notifications:
    If you’re going to quit smoking, you don’t want to be sniffing the packet on a daily basis…
  4. Consider replacing your profile picture with a ‘Gone Fishing’ sign…
  5. Update your status – ‘Giving up Facebook for Lent – Call me on XXX or Text me
    Your real friends should have your contact details anyway!
  6. Write down upcoming events, and birthdays
    I read this in a post somewhere – if you’re sentimental and you think your 3 words ‘Happy Birthday Mate’ actually make a difference amidst a torrent of other birthday wishes… then maybe you should do this…
  7. Lastly…give your password to a friend you trust and have them change it…
    Reactivating an account is faaaar too easy…

And that’s it… See you in 40 Days Facebook – or maybe never;)

I wonder what I’m going to do with my time?!?!?!?

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