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Giving up Facebook for Lent
By Rosie Perera | February 22, 2012 at 1:04 am
I’m doing it again this year. Kind of a last minute decision as I witnessed at least two or three of my Facebook friends signing off for now, until Easter. I’d been planning to just give up procrastination but one of my biggest ways of procrastinating is checking Facebook (“just one quick little check” and then I get sucked in), so I think that really needs to go too.
If you’re planning on giving up Facebook for Lent: I’ve done it a couple of years in the past, and it helps if you actually deactivate your account. Then the temptation to take one little peek can be fought off more easily. When you reactivate your account, your friend network and all your settings are still intact; you’ve just missed out on whatever junk would have come your way for these next 40 days. To deactivate, go to Account Settings, click Security in the left sidebar, and then click “Deactivate your account.” Hasta la vista, baby!
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