In December, Facebook's own researchers publicly questioned if Facebook could be a danger to the public's health in mind. I'd already been considering whether to give up or not for months, but this news helped me to decide what I would do; I was done.
I'm a freelancer (自由职业). If I don't work, I don't get paid. Therefore, it's fair to say that Facebook was influencing my work life and my pay. My working day used to go a little something like this: coffee, check emails, start writing, check Facebook, answer the phone, check Facebook, continue writing, check Facebook…You get the picture. Each work-related task was balanced out by social media, which made it difficult for me to focus on what I was doing.
Now that my Facebook does not work, I no longer have the chance to check it. I get much more work done and have time to reply to more emails and talk to possible clients (客户). However, the urge to log back on (重新登录) comes over me a few times per day, which makes me frightened. It could be a sign that I couldn't live without social media.
Right now, I don't know what the people I know are doing and, you know what, I couldn't care less. I'm getting on with my own thing and so are they. Isn't that how life was like before social media anyway?
