Facebook Time

I think I work hard, and I certainly feel tired at the end of a day, but am I really doing what really counts? Am I really using my time in the most profitable way?

Or do I catch myself continually flicking between emails and Facebook?

So before I realise it, half an hour has passed and I find I've wasted it browsing other people's profiles.

Then my eyes are tired, but I kid myself I've been working hard, and I need a so-called break.

Humm... who am I really kidding?

Is there any benefit to browsing Facebook?

·       Am I looking at humorous posts that will lighten my attitude, lift my spirits, and hopefully make me laugh?  (Laughing is SO important, but how rarely we do it).
In that case, I should deliberately allocate time to this, and call it a "Happy Half Hour", or something like that. That would do me so much good.

·       Am I looking at inspirational posts, that will lift me up, make me think, and turn me into a better person?
In that case, this is a very positive use of time, and I need to deliberately allocate time to this, and call it a "Personal Growth Half Hour", or something like that.

·       Am I readying about the latest developments in Health or Foods or Natural Healing?
Information that will benefit and prolong my life, increase my immune system, reduce stress, make me better?
Well, that is very profitable, and I should certainly allocate a good half hour to my health, yes.

·       Am I just being nosy? Do I have an unhealthy pre-occupation with other people's lives? Does it really benefit me knowing what they just had to eat? Or what they are doing on holiday?
The answer is no, there is no benefit to me, and I am just wasting my own life, and reading about others.  Surely my life isn't that boring.

·       Am I being a gossip? Participating in unhealthy conversations about other people? Even if I just spectate, the damage it does to me inside is just as great, because I am visualising someone else in their worst light. Once again, this is not only a waste of time, it is an actively destructive use of time.

Sure, use Facebook to connect with friends, but please do meet up with them in real life. Real people who smile at you, spend time with you, encourage you, pat you on the back.

There is no substitute to Real Life!