Day 1 is Over!

Breathe a sigh of relief, I made it through my first day without Facebook.

Let's review the day:

• I woke up, fed the dogs,  got ready for work and read USA Today rather than clicking on Facebook from my Android phone. My husband comes in from walking the dogs and shouts "Get off Facebook!" "I'm NOT!!! See! USA Today! At least it's a similar color scheme," I said as I shove my phone in his face as he tried to get the leash of Buddy. Don't ask where Lucy was. Probably sneaking a peek a Facebook... just kidding.
• My daily routine at work changed: I log on to my computer, check my work e-mail (e-mail of which I refuse to have sent directly to my phone), and checked on my students for the online class I teach. So I logged into Blackboard INSTEAD of Facebook. 

So far so good. Me 2. Facebook 0.

• My work day made it tough to stay off Facebook:
• As I worked on our Tradeshow display, my supervisor make a comment about bullet points, "Happiness is a bullet point." Oh how I wanted to post this as a status update! The temptation! I'm still unsure as to how I fought through this one. But I did.
• My coworker/friend and I headed to the pastry shop in our office building to get our daily breakfast snack. After opting for the asiago cheese bagel and chatting about the usual small talk, we went back to the office. "I read this morning about a group in California wanting an R rating on Rango, that new Pixar movie," I said. I explained to him about the notion of putting R ratings on movies containing excessive smoking. "I bet I would get a lot of comments to the article link if I posted it on Facebook." Fudge! No Facebook!
• A little later, I was talking to our Executive Assistant about the online class I'm teaching. During the conversation, I kept referring to BlackBoard and BlackBook. You can tell where my mind was... Facebook.
• Going back to the Tradeshow display, every time I saved my document I wanted to reach for my phone while it took 5 minutes to save.
• Then the last one, the kicker: I realized yesterday I use Facebook to relieve stress or frustration. It helps me clear my head just as running does, or smoking did before I quit. By shifting the focus, I'm able to calm down and get back to work with a clearer mind. 

I'm on Day 2 now working on breaking the habit. The worst part so far is the built-in app for Facebook on my Ally. And no matter how many forums I read, there just doesn't seem to be a solution. Time to put my newspaper apps and blogging apps on the main screen just to avoid the shimmering blue and stark white symbol that links to my ultimate sacrifice.