S.N.A Day 2

Social Network Addiction Day 2

Monday

11:33 am Turn on computer
11:36 am gmail
11:37 am facebook
11:38 am Cafe World... until 11:55am
11:55 am log out of my fb and log into Michele's Cafe
12:09 pm log out of Michele's and log back into mine
12:10 pm Pinterest
12:16 pm got up from computer

1:04 pm facebook, Pinterest, IMDB, Cafe World (from 1:04 - 4:00 pm) Gah!
4:00 pm got up from computer

5:27 pm facebook, Pinterest, Cafe World, google for recipes, Blogger: adding info to this post - constantly going through pages and games... got up from computer to go have a smoke etc until:
6:58 pm got up from computer

8:00 pm facebook, Pinterest, google, cafe world, blogger, facebook... it's a vicious cycle   until:
9:07 pm got up from computer

10:17pm facebook, pinterest, YouTube and back
10:46 pm Log out and into Michele's Cafe
11:01 pm log back into my facebook, pinterest, weather, google ugh! It goes on and on...
11:18 pm banking, paid bills
11:24 pm facebook etc...
11:37 pm messaging on facebook
11:39 pm pinterest, facebook, cafe world etc.
12:05 am Cafe World
12:08 am log out of fb log into Michele's cafe
12:10 am log back into my fb
12:12 am inthe00s
12:13 am facebook, cafe world, pinterest
12:17 am google for red kitchen
12:25 am Home Depot
12:27 am Walmart
12:30 am Blogger to start writing this
12:39 am went to facebook to post a goodnight status and thought "It's not likely people care that I am going to sleep..." so I didn't post anything at all.

So yeah, this proved to me today that I spent the better part of the day sitting in front of my computer. Why is it that I am afraid that I will miss something? I know that I am not a self-absorbed individual per se. but I must think that something will be posted to facebook for me to be so attached to it. Can I say I honestly read every single post? No. I do check on my niece's page and I do check my dad's, step-mom's and sisters' pages. I check on friends I consider near and dear. But I do not 'stalk' every single post. Why do I feel the need to be connected all day long???

 I can hardly wait to stop tracking this and it is only Day 2.

Turning off the computer once I post this.


Total = 9 Hours

S.N.A Day 1

Social Network Addiction Day 1

Today is Sunday and as I said, I am going to log everything I do on the internet, every day for a week. So I am starting with today. Basically, I am just going to outline my days online and then at the end of the week, breakdown my results.

Sunday
12:40 pm Turned on computer
12:47 pm Facebook
(12:47 - 3:30 pm messaging with a friend on facebook off and on)
12:50 pm Blogger
12:53 pm Cafe World on Facebook
1:02 pm log out of my fb and log into Michele's fb to do her cafe
1:06 pm Gmail
1:16 pm log out of Michele's fb and log into mine
1:22 pm Google News
1:30 pm walk away from computer

1:54 pm Fb messages
1:57 pm looked for pulled chicken recipe - google
2:00 pm checked fb group for my niece
2:02 pm got up from computer

2:28 pm Fb check messages
2:51 pm Fb check messages
2:54 pm got up from computer

4:16 pm double check recipe for pulled chicken
4:49 pm check recipe again for pulled chicken
4:50 pm Facebook - just being nosy and checking the news feed
5:12pm ESPN Fantasy Basketball
5:37 pm Facebook
5:38 pm got up from computer

6:14 pm Fb Cafe World
6:19 pm sign out of my fb and sign into Michele's for her Cafe
6:42 pm sign back into my fb
6:43 pm ESPN Fantasy Basketball
             Facebook - check news feed
7:13 pm Shop My Exchange
7:14 pm got up from computer

7:45 pm Gmail
7:51 pm Fb - checking news feed
7:54 pm Cafe World
7:58 pm inthe00s
8:08 pm fb - news feed
8:09 pm got up from computer

8:25 pm Blogger to start this blog
8:36 pm got up from the computer

8:37 pm remembered I have to do Michele's Cafe - log out and log in
8:53 pm log out of Michele's and back into mine
8:56 pm got up from computer

9:08 pm facebook news feed
9:17 pm google
9:21 pm Pintrest
9:35 pm back to facebook
9:36 pm got up from computer

10:06 pm Blogger
10:10 pm Fb - clicks for Cafe World
10:40 pm IMDB
               Pintrest (this could prove to be highly addictive)
11:10 pm Log out of fb and log in to Michele's cafe
11:16 pm log out of Michele's fb and log in to mine
11:20 pm Pintrest
12:04 am get up from computer

12:06 am back on Pintrest
12:11 am IMDB
              Pintrest
12:34 am closed facebook
12:35 am shutting down the computer.


Total = 7.5 hours

The Social Network Addiction

My husband said tonight, something to the effect that, facebook is an unhealthy addiction.

When he used the word addiction, I kind of went on the offensive. I will admit that I am addicted to an app on facebook - Cafe World - but I do not think that I am addicted to facebook itself. His argument of course, is that the app I am addicted to is part of facebook, thus making me addicted to facebook.

Well, now I am going to study myself and my interactions with facebook.

I will keep a journal starting tomorrow, of how many times a day I am on facebook and what I am doing. I am not sure if I will post my actions every day or every couple of days. That will depend on how large my daily journals becomes. I will do this for one week. Sunday to Saturday. (Of course, I will post my journal logs for all to see.)

After that, I will change those habits the following week and compare the two weeks.

Will this ultimately make me change my habits on facebook? I can't honestly say, but it will be interesting to see the outcome none the less.