So I woke up at 3:30 this morning wide awake and couldn't get back to sleep. I didn't go to bed particularly early last night, although I did get my first issue of the Oprah magazine which I recently resubscribed to and had spent a very relaxing thirty minutes or so reading before I went to bed. For some reason when I do very relaxing things (particularly meditation) before bed, I often seem to sleep poorly or wake up at odd times. At any rate, I decided to get up and watch a little TV then read before going back to sleep. Somewhere in there I got thinking about how much time I have wasted on the computer lately, mostly piddling around on Facebook and playing a lot of very mindless games. I'm talking many, many, many hours over the last week or so. I decided that this would be my first day of my two weeks not to log-in to Facebook (#13)! I needed something to break the habit, and I just knew that I would be happier if I wasn't spending so much time on the computer.
Then I got an e-mail notification today that a friend had sent me a message through Facebook that I really need to respond to due to its time-sensitive nature. And then I got another e-mail through this site that I participate in which allows students to e-mail with questions about pharmacy. This particular student is interested in research and industry, two areas that I know very little about, and the one person I know that would be well qualified to answer his questions is someone that I can only contact through Facebook! So now I don't know what to do. Less than six hours into my decision to start working toward this goal, and the universe was already conspiring against me! I figure that I can put this off until tomorrow, but I will have to make a decision. In the meantime, I am staying away from Facebook for today.
That's funny what you said about the Oprah magazine because I was thinking about subscribing to it for the first time. In terms of facebook, I guess you have to look at your intention. How would you feel if you just did the email stuff and got out without reading any facebook posts or playing any games? I think this is the reason why most lists (i've read a lot) never say not to check email for a week, it is only for a weekend. When facebook is being used for a productive purpose, I don't think that is bad. That is just my opinion. Also on a spiritual note, if you assume the universe is trying to tell you something good and positive what would you think it is trying to say, instead of thinking it is conspiring against you.
ReplyDeleteI think the question for myself is whether I can just do the e-mail part of Facebook and not look at the rest of it. For two weeks? I'm not sure! It's been less than 48 hours and I'm already jonesing! I also need to address whether I'm willing to amend my list and add exceptions. I'm not sure whether I want to set that precedent for myself.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point, though, about what the universe is trying to tell me. I might think that it's telling me not to seclude myself by cutting myself off from friends. Things to think about...
I guess the thing that was so annoying / ironically funny is that I rarely get messages via Facebook. E-mail is for e-mail and Facebook is for wall posts and catching up with people and playing games!
ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't realize that you rarely get messages via facebook. That is ironic!
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