{"id":6958,"date":"2017-08-04T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:27:49","slug":"linked-what-happened-when-i-almost-gave-up-facebook-email-and-texting-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/04\/linked-what-happened-when-i-almost-gave-up-facebook-email-and-texting-for-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;What Happened When I (Almost) Gave Up Facebook, Email, And Texting For A Month&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2772,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.fastcompany.com\\\/40420701\\\/what-happened-when-i-almost-gave-up-facebook-email-and-texting-for-a-month&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220826090313\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.fastcompany.com\\\/40420701\\\/what-happened-when-i-almost-gave-up-facebook-email-and-texting-for-a-month&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:27:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 21:22:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 12:42:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-15 22:44:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-19 05:53:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 00:50:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-24 06:35:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 22:17:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 08:48:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 17:15:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 23:58:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 04:49:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 04:49:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/40420701\/what-happened-when-i-almost-gave-up-facebook-email-and-texting-for-a-month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Fast Company<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I\u2019m more in tune with what I need to do to feel good about myself professionally. I\u2019m less concerned about other people\u2019s opinions. And I have more time and focus to do the things I actually love\u2013like play beach volleyball and spend time with my family and friends. Now that I\u2019m not constantly in a reactive mode, consuming social content and checking notifications all the time, I\u2019m more fully present with the people and activities that actually deserve my attention.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I still enjoy using Reddit but I\u2019ve been social media free since December of 2013. No desire at all to go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Fast Company: I\u2019m more in tune with what I need to do to feel good about myself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-08-04T15:23:02Z","apple_news_api_id":"9e8535c5-4af4-4409-add1-945b22ac6ec2","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-08-04T15:23:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AnoU1xUr0RAmt0ZRbIqxuwg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6083,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/linked-snapchats-teen-fans-wince-as-app-catches-on-with-their-folks\/","url_meta":{"origin":6958,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat\u2019s Teen Fans Wince as App Catches On With Their Folks&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via WSJ: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking,\u201d said Mr. Zeikos, an 18-year-old university student in Manchester, England. \u201cMost people who use Snapchat are in my generation, so it\u2019s bizarre to see someone older use Snapchat.\u201d Part of the article mentioned that advertisers like to market to teens instead of adults. 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