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(Ugh, I feel like I do a lot more talking about this goal that other people, but oh well.)

It looks like I may have ran into a slight problem. True, it’s too soon to tell anything, but I think that I’s FB schedule is slightly different. She’s logged on late at night for the past three night…maybe for a half hour at a time? (I only talked to her tonight for five minutes though.)

If this pattern continues (and once again, I’m not saying it will), then my guess is that she’s going to be on weekday nights instead of randomly on the weekend. Let’s see what would happen if that ends up being true.

Pros:

-Her time will be a bit more predictable (probably 8:30-11:00)
-She’d still be on for a decent amount of time
-I wouldn’t have to worry about going for long periods withiout talking to her

Cons:

-Our conversations wouldn’t be as special if we talked every day
-I’d have an excuse to be on FB during the weekdays, which’ll make it all the more difficult to cut back
-Let’s face it, I get paranoid about this. Even if I know her usual time is 8:30 to 11, I’m still probably gonna be looking up every five seconds starting at around 7. And I’m never done with my work by that time. Long story short, it’ll definitely interfere with my schoolwork.
-Her replies are a little slow; my guess is she’s multitasking.

So overally, I think that I’s new (potential) schedule may not harm our friendship, but it could very likely harm my progress on this goal. So we’ll see what happens!

26 various games played this week; didn’t keep track of the time. Let’s see if I can cut down this week!

Am I doing well with keeping in touch with her and being content? It depends. Sometimes, I feel depressed and like there’s not even any point anymore since we’ve already significantly grown apart. Other times (like when I find out that she was online and I wasn’t) I feel like I can handle the change, but let’s face it, it’s a frustrating circumstance. Then there are also the times when we haven’t talked in several weeks and I’m so depressed I can’t stand it. And finally, there’s the way I feel after I’ve just had a 15+ minute chat with her, when I feel like, “OK, this can really suck sometimes, but at the end of the day, she will always be my friend even if we have grown apart.”

This would be less of a problem if she had a more predictable FB schedule, but I can’t control that. What I am always sure of? Saturdays tend to be her Facebook days. What I’m never aware of? The time she comes on. I do talk to her most weekends, but I am still a bit too obsessed.

As for the weekdays, I think that’s just a procrastination matter, haha. I’m starting to develop a method for cutting down on games: I only play games I don’t have the highest score on (in comparison with my friends), and then I choose three other games that I just like playing. It hasn’t shown signs of working yet, but it’s a small step, right? :)

... Need to improve and stick to the Thursday / Saturday thing.

Once a day, after dinner. Thats my goal. I’m failing at the moment. When I can do this for a month, then I’ll be complete.

Have only looked at fb once since thursday – which is definitely progress for me!

Well I think so anyway!! I quit it, but then was missing out on to many social events … I like the idea of:
- checking it at the weekend to see what’s up …
- checking my yahoo rather than logging on to FB to get my messages

Let’s see if I can stay off it at least today and tomorrow …

Let’s face it—Facebook really is useful for keeping in tough with people you don’t see much. For instance, I went to overnight camp this summer, and since it was an international camp, I made friends with people from the other side of the world! I wouldn’t be able to keep in touch with them without Facebook. It’s only when you miss those friends to an extent that you stay online all day waiting for them to get on. – points to self – So there’s my problem really. I can’t let go of my camp friends enough, and Facebook is really all my friends use. Well, that and the games are really addictive, and beating your friends at them is, well, satisfying. =D

I’m doing much better. I just made my mind up that I don’t need to look at people’s profiles. Ok, and I also deleted people from my newsfeed. Now, I get newsfeeds from family and pages I am a fan of. My next step is to designate certain days of the week facebook days. Maybe twice per week. I hope I don’t regress.

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