Facebook is a Productivity Ninja Thief
Being stuck at home thanks to a giant thundersnow storm is great motivation to write. Too bad this is a short one.
Day 2 Writing.
What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
I can answer this post in one word as well: facebook. I’m a social media nerd, can’t get enough of it. I love twitter and tweeting is a form of writing, therefore it can be considered productive. Even when I’m tweeting purely for personal entertainment.
Facebook, however, is a productivity ninja thief. Sure, it’s a great marketing tool when used properly. It also provides amazing opportunities for people to stay in touch (like my friends Molly & Maribeth who can now easily talk to their birth mom and brother in Korea.)
But how much time have we spent stalking ex-boyfriends or checking up on people from high school that we have no desire to reconnect with? You know you’ve done it. How many photos of a friend’s drunken escapade have we scrolled through? How many hours of our lives have been sucked into useless games like Farmville?
For the next 30 days, I pledge to write my #reverb10 post BEFORE checking Facebook. Let’s not get crazy, I won’t eliminate it completely. But the least I can do is prioritize.
- My car is buried in snow. That’s great motivation to write.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. I’m slowly cutting back on my habit and only logging into FB on Fridays, unless I have an urgent message. It’s amazing how much time has showed up into my life since implementing that. Stay strong, it will be rough at first, but you’ll do it!
You are so right! When I was writing mine I was so convinced there was nothing superfluous about my day, but no part of the friend-stalking facebooking can be construed as productive!! Thank you