For those of you that don’t have a Blackberry, Facebook could be your version of crack (unless you actually have crack). I’ve read articles upon articles that mention the average amount of time people spend on Facebook per session. Isn’t anything beyond 10 minutes too much? Maybe I just don’t have that many friends, or I don’t go visit each and every one of my friends on Facebook. I can only imagine what it would be like for people that spend more than 30 minutes per session on Facebook each day (sometimes multiple times per day) to suddenly go without Facebook, cold turkey. Personally, I do check Facebook daily but only for about 10 minutes a day, just to check on any new messages or notifications or to update something. Other than that, there’s not much else I do. However, I do admit a jones when I don’t check Facebook at least once every other day. Having said that, this week I’m going to cut Facebook out of my life and not log in for seven entire days. This will be a mini-journal documenting my week.

Monday: No craving so far. After coming home, I only had time to eat dinner, watch Heroes, and then check my daily Interweb reads of the day. Day 1 without Facebook complete.

Tuesday: Came home after volleyball, had dinner, went on the Interweb, and almost checked Facebook (it was like an automatic reflex). Caught myself at the last minute and succeeded to put away Day 2 without Facebook.

Wednesday: Super tired, didn’t even turn on the computer when I got home. Fell asleep watching tv at 9p.

Thursday: Didn’t even think about it.

Friday: Out late after work; came home and went directly to bed, did not pass Go.

Saturday: TV and reading kept me occupied for most of the day. Had a little desire to go to the site, but only because I was bored the entire day.

Sunday: Bought into the hype and purchased Guitar Hero III for the PS3. Subsequently wasted most of the day playing the damn game. “Just one more song, just one more song…”

So that was my week without Facebook. I know I have some new notifications waiting for me when I check Facebook tonight (because people told me), but I don’t foresee a huge list of stuff. The past week has showed me that I can do without daily Facebook visits. However, that doesn’t mean I will go without daily Facebook visits. It’s almost like checking my e-mails, although I do that several times a day. Or television. I don’t have to, but it’s there so why not? But for you, try it, see how long you can go without Facebook. Word of advice, though, I do suggest you turn off all e-mail notifications from Facebook that get sent to your personal e-mail address. There’s nothing worse than getting a Facebook notification in your inbox, only to agonize over not being able to check Facebook for the week.