What happens when you're addicted to Facebook and then you don't use it for 3 days? Logical thinking will dictate a lot of anxiety and an urge to login. I had a slightly different experience, which will surprise many.
I can be described as your typical Facebook addict. At any given time, I'll have around 3 tabs open inside my browser and I am always active. As I am normally testing lots of phones, the Facebook app and messenger products are both installed and fully active. Basically, my gadgets are pinging always with Facebook notifications.
After deleting the app from all my devices, I found that my productivity had increased. I can't quantify the number per se, but there was a marked improvement in my productivity.
This is despite the anxiety.
To be honest, I had selfish reasons for not logging in to the social network. I had a fight with a couple of my friends and just did not want to see their posts flood my newsfeed. I needed some 'virtual' away time from them. I wanted them to contact me in a more natural - albeit a physical way. While that did not happen, after I avoided the social network only for a day, everyone suddenly started calling.
In many ways, when you have some personal issue going on with a person on your timeline, Facebook increases anxiety and your edginess while decreasing your productivity. The newsfeed has a way of getting to you, especially if the Facebook website is always logged-in on your browser.
If you shut yourself out of it, you'll be surprised how much calmer your are. You'll do a better job at work and you'll be saner in your interactions with people around you.
And, of course, avoiding it also results in eliciting the desired response, which is part of the idea behind avoiding the social network.
Whenever you find yourself in a position like mine, shut yourself out of Facebook for a few days. It'll work wonders. Trust me.
To be clear I still kept posting my links on my page through various tools, but the core of the idea is to avoid the newsfeed and your notifications. Just don't look at them. You have to manage these to attain a level of 'peace of mind'.
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