I deactivated Facebook for lent, but would now like to keep it deactivated. Do you have tips on how to resist the urge to scroll?

Fair warning: this is going to be a long post.

I have had Facebook since 2009, but have hated it since a little past 2020. It’s so addictive, and I don’t like when something has that much of a hold on my life, plus I keep getting recommended stuff I’ve never looked up in the first place.

All of that has led to me having a love/hate relationship with it. I tried deactivating it before, but I just ended up going right back to it. Like I said, it’s really addictive even despite its issues. Additionally, that’s how my family and I keep up with one another. And another thing that has played into me having a hard time staying away from it is the fact that I had no drivers license in the past, no car, and therefore no way to get out and leave the house and socialize in person unless I went somewhere with someone else.

However, I do have a car and a license now, and so I decided to try to give up Facebook again for lent. I’ve enjoyed that so much I am considering just leaving it deactivated even after lent is over. But not having as much downtime doesn’t mean I don’t ever have any, and whenever I do, I still get the urge to scroll.

So anyway, to those of you who left Facebook behind, how do you resist that urge? Other social medias don’t feel addictive to me, so I’m not worried about them, but Facebook is evil hahaha. It always sucks me in.

And another thing that makes this hard is the world isn’t designed, these days, to accommodate people who don’t wish to have Facebook. Oftentimes, I don’t know about certain events with organizations I’m involved in unless I check their Facebook. Anyway, how do you navigate the world without it? How do you keep up with local events and such? Also, I forgot to mention I’ll be trying to build up a following for a business I’m looking to create within the next year or so.