Fast from Facebook

     So President Nelson, the current prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invited the youth to participate in a few things to get the church moving forward.  One thing he suggested the youth to do was fast from Facebook for seven days.  Even though I'm no longer between the ages of 12-18, I wanted to do this, too, because I have been meaning to work on getting off of Facebook (not using it as a daily tool) as I have realized it's been sucking my time and energy.  I also wanted to learn to be more present with people especially my kids. 

  Anyway, for the past couple of days I've tried to stay off of it--except the time I needed to message someone as I needed to get in contact with them right away. (hey I got on with purpose).

 Here's what I've noticed.

I used Facebook as a crutch.  *sigh* When I didn't want to face something like a tantrum from Tycho, for instance, I'd turn to Facebook as a means to zone out. "Huh? You're angry?...ugh!" Maybe it's a good thing, but now I really need to take responsibility of my emotions instead of zoning out when I'm feeling bad or something and tune into my kids' emotions as well.  Despite how hard it can be.

I used Facebook to wake up sometimes. I need to find something else to do instead.  Haha... working on that one.

Now that I don't have Facebook in the way, I realize that I should be doing things I want to do while the kids are napping.  Like clean or exercise... I keep telling myself I need to get into shape, but I've been distracted with Facebook.  There's always something to look at on Facebook, right?


Update:
I actually really liked this fast from Facebook.  It was nice to do something else for a change.  I think I'll definitely try it again.  I'm trying to be more aware of when I get on, and be more present which is hard because I am trying to sell things on Facebook before we move... I didn't unfriend anyone, but I did decide to not follow group pages because they tend to drag you in.