<p>Facebook was a huge distraction in my freshman year, and I really think I could have done better without FB. I don't know if I should deactivate it, or simply be disciplined to not go on at all. I go on for homework help, but I realized that I ask when I haven't even fully tried myself. I don't want to deactivate it just in case someone has to tell me something (but that's what phones and emails are for, right?). </p>
<p>Either way, not going on and deactivating it is basically the same thing because even if I do deactivate it, all you have to do is log back in...</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>only go on when you get an email notification maybe?</p>
<p>1) go on facebook for five minutes to get to the realization that you haven’t missed anything going on in the world
2) do some homework
3) take a 10 minute facebook break and realize nothing’s still happened
4) finish your homework.</p>
<p>just use some common sense and a little bit of will power, and you should be fine.</p>
<p>The advice above me could work, but it depends on how addicted you are to Facebook. Just keep in mind that five minutes can turn into ten minutes which can turn into fifteen minutes and so forth.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t deactivate the account if I were you because you need to learn how to handle temptation. It only gets worse as you get older and you get more freedom, and with it, more opportunities to procrastinate on your ever-growing workload. It’s better to learn time management and discipline now when your only problem is homework versus Facebook than in the future when you will have a plethora of distractions and even more responsibilities to go along with them.</p>
<p>I find it helpful for events coming up and keeping in touch with people, but I do have to try not be someone who lingers on people’s profile’s all day.
Disciplining yourself and restricting your usage can be difficult, but I would say it’s what’s most desirable.
I just think for groups of people and everything, phones and emails are just more of a hassle? And I’ve found that since FB has become a part of my “keeping in touch” routine, I don’t text or call people for little “hey watcha up to” type things, which is good.
Are there many people you’d have difficulty contacting if you delete your FB?</p>
<p>I deactivated mine and by the end of the year I had the highest percentages in all my classes lol. For me I just got caught up in a lot of drama so that took away from my studies. There’s always texting for the people you actually know and care about.</p>
<p>If you use Firefox, you can put LeechBlock on. Decide if you want to limit yourself between certain hours, days, and/or a certain amount of time. Once you have used your allocation (or whatever), it will block you out. Make your log-in complicated enough so that you can’t log in easily to change the settings. It is less drastic than deactivation and will help you recognize how much time you really spend. Or check your History for a reality check.</p>
<p>I deactivated mine and so far the world hasn’t exploded.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine.</p>