Day 5

So, I'm seeing the results a lot quicker than I thought I would have been. I came home from school at around 4:30 after math team, had a snack while watching an episode of the Fresh Prince, and went upstairs to my computer.

By force of habit, I typed in facebook.com immediately, but soon realized that I couldn't get in. So, I spent about five minutes on sixbillionsecrets before coming to the posts that I had already read.

And then something shocking happened... I started my homework within forty five minutes of coming back home and I actually felt as if I had accomplished something. Because truth is, nothing compares to Facebook.

There's nothing as addictive or exciting as a webpage that is updated every minute by your friends. I mean, playing snake on the computer gets boring after you realize that you really suck, watching youtube videos gets monotonous after you realize that every Shane Dawson video is more or less the same, and twitter just isn't as fun anymore. And the stuff that I am doing to procrastinate a bit aren't completely detrimental. I admit that I have wasted a bit of time, but that time was spent on Study Hacks and Dumb Little Man.

So overall, I think that this no facebook thing really is making quite a bit of a difference. So we'll see. Maybe it will work.

Day 4

Sorry for the lack of posts. So far, this no facebook thing hasn't been absolutely awful. I've already seen myself become more productive because I haven't felt the need to continuously press the home button on facebook.

So, it's been manageable so far, but I'm afraid I won't be able to keep in touch with my friends as easily, especially those that go to a different school. But then again, the lack of facebook really makes you realize who your true friends are, as opposed to those you talk to just to fill up your time.

I have, however, spent a bit more time watching reruns of Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel. Maybe I'll do that next month. Limit myself to half an hour of TV a day. Anyways, there hasn't been much of a tangible change in my grades, but that's only because it's the last couple of days in first semester, so we don't have too many assignments or tests left. The real results of this experiment will show once I begin second semester on the eighteenth.

Day 1

Across the nation the facebook epidemic is taking over the minds of teenagers; eating at their grades, their time, and maybe even their happiness. Once I realized just how much this addicting website was negatively affecting me, I decided to take a break. For five months. And see what happens. The Facebook-less Experiment begins today.

Highschool sohpomore.

Grades slipping.

The blame? Me... and my addiction to facebook.

Solution? No facebook for five months. We'll see how it works out.