giving up the big blue crack pipe

Facebook and I have a love/hate relationship. I love to hate it basically. Unfortunately it has become a de facto communication method for the western world, and if you don't have an account, even for basic communication, you start to question if you exist or not.

I have made a conscious decision to not procrastinate for the rest of the year, and actually get something done. One of my many time wasters is social media, so change has to be made. I don't want to simply delete my account as there are a couple of groups I get something positive out of (probably the most important is the PVC group). I was perusing a reddit subgroup I have recently found, NonZeroDay, and one post outlining how to make your browser actually help you stop procrastinate.

It is only a simple thing, but this chrome extension was in the list of things to do :

News Feed Eradicator

Well. What a difference this has made. When I type fa <enter> almost by reflex action, instead of getting my 'news feed', I get a quote particularly aimed at procrastination. This works like a charm. I can still go to my groups and have a look, but the usual stream of drivel just isn't there any more. I see the quote and am quickly reminded what I am doing here.