How To Quit Facebook Addiction – 5 Easy Steps

(Najamuddin Ghanghro, Karachi(original from Larkana))

5 Questions to diagnose you are suffering from Facebook Addiction -

1# Do you spend more than 30 minutes on Facebook everyday?
2# Do you have the habit of checking your friends request, notifications and messages on-the-go?
3# Do you have the obsession to check your Facebook account when you getup in the midnight or early morning?
4# Do you give more importance to your Facebook friends than your real world friends?
5# Do you feel guilty for spending lots of time on Facebook everyday?

OK, you think, you are a Facebook addict (partial or complete) and want to quit in a easy way. I will tell you 5 corrective measures, and following which you can definitely recover from this addiction.

5 Steps to quit Facebook addiction
(1) Set a Facebook-time: Set a time for checking your Facebook account. Suppose you set the ” Facebook-time” at 7PM for 20 mins everyday. You have to check your received messages, send messages and birthday wishes to friends, notifications etc., everything within the stipulated time. Simply quit at 7.20 PM On-the-dot. You can take the help of Online-Clock for this.

Instead of spending 20 mins, 7days a week; make it thrice a week events.

By setting a strict time and time limit, you cut-short your Facebook spending time, thereby helping yourself to quit the Facebook addiction.

(2) Un-install Facebook Apps from your mobile/tablet: By un installing the Facebook application from your mobile device, you simply reduced the use of Facebook on the go. This action will reduce/stop your urge to check your account from anywhere and everywhere.

(3) Develop a new addictive hobby: There must be some hobbies or activities you must have cherished to blend with your life. But not able to, due to busy schedule.

Now is the time to develop your favorite hobby (offline and physical) like daily workout or swimming or lawn tennis etc. By doing this, you will not only be diverted from your Facebook addiction, but also reap the benefits of physical activities and good health.

(4) Turn off Email notifications: Facebook notifications for new messages and activities via Email is the real turn-on to check the account. Turn them off. Now, you will not be notified, when someone send you a message or give a like or tag one of your photo.

Don’t worry, if the message is that important, your friend should have sent it via your Email, or should have called you, instead of using the Facebook route.

(5) Hangout with your real world friends: It’s a known fact that, people who are extrovert and usually hangout with their friends, spend very less time on social media sites like Facebook.

Look at the real world, how beautiful it is, and how beautiful is off-line relations with friends! Let the Facebook work for you, not, you work for the Facebook.

By following the above 5 steps, you are not going to quit Facebook. You are simply reducing the time spent on Facebook, thereby quitting the Facebook addiction.

So, live the life to the fullest and Quit Facebook Addiction Today!
 

Najamuddin Ghanghro
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