99 days no facebook resolution ...

A resolution: 99 days without facebook !! 

Why I joined this ?

Recently, I realised that I am wasting (investing ??) too much time on social media like facebook.  I already have some failed attempt of refraining myself from using facebook. Then a ukrainian friend of mine, informed me about this #99daysoffreedom experiment. And being aware of my FaceBook addiction she challenged me to participate. This is movement against facebook's secret experiment on its 70,000 users of manipulating their news feed in order to carry out some emotional experiment. I personally too was against this experiment.
Bingo ! I got motivation join this experiment.
1. I found way to protest FaceBook for their unethical experiment.
2. I wanted to use time more productively than using facebook.
3. I thought, I am reducing one excuse out of many for not being effective in my research.

How did I prepare myself ? 

Being aware of the fact that I am addicted to facebook, I decided to take 4 days prior to the experiment to let my mind percolate the decision I made. This will also give me time to let world know about my decision. Ofcourse , I being an extrovert like public attention. And I made sure that I get enough attention on facebook before I quit. One more reason to make this all fuss publicly on facebook was to put myself under pressure to complete this experiment, since whole world knows about it.
First day I deleted all apps from my iPhone and iPad. Then I realised that I am gonna miss updates and shares from my motivational personalities like Paulo Coelho, Robin Sharma, Brian Tracy. I found way around by following them on twitter.  For next two days I kept using facebook from laptop. I really felt as if I am missing some vital part of my life when I was alone and was tempted to check facebook. On the 19th July at night I uploaded my last post about trip to Rügen island along with photo album and then I posted this link. Which is nothing but a countdown timer made available by people conducting experiment.

Initial findings...

Its been 4th day of my resolution now. Surprisingly, I realised that I successfully avoided temptation of using facebook. Did my creative or productive activities increase ?? Answer, unfortunately is NO. I found other ways to keep myself busy in other social network mess like twitter, instagram. 

Today was the day of corrective action, result of which is this blog and controlled use of mentioned social media. I will keep updating about my experiment and my feeling during this period here.