Thanks Mark Zuckerberg

Because of my recent pledge to only go on Facebook once a day, I have solved the puzzle as to why productivity in the work place is lacking. One word: Facebook.

Today was the most productive day at work since I first started. It is not that I spend all day on facebook- it's that I am wondering what is happening on facebook, which slows my work production because my mindset is "I will work for 10 minutes straight, and then to reward myself, I'll take a quick facebook-stalking break." Same phenomium happens in college. The second you stepped into the library at Indiana University, you could see about half the students doing work, while the other half would be taking their 'facebook stalking break.'

So, I would like to make the announcement into the void: It is because of Mark Zuckerberg that not only do girls have another tool to obsess over boys with, we also have a less productive workforce. I am not saying that facebook is all bad, it has increased advertising, the common man's ability to get their ideas out there, it allows charities to raise more money- but it has disrupted the way we function as a society. Thanks to facebook, I could fake an entire lifestyle- for all my friends know, I could be climbing Mt. Everest or base jumping in California, simply because sending a text or facebooking is easier than picking up the phone and actually having a conversation. Thanks to facebook, getting over past relationships is ten times as hard- because of the targeting features, who ever I facebook stalk the most will always show up on my mini feed, making it IMPOSSIBLE to get someone out of your life without actually taking the time to de-friend (another rampage for another time) them, or going into your settings and having them removed from your mini feed. Thanks to facebook-all I think about are my college friends because, lets be honest with ourselves for a moment, thats really all the friends I have right now (even though I am making progress!).

But then again, thanks to facebook, this blog actually gets read randomly and my words get out into some sort of world. Facebook is a double edged sword. A device that I will just have to learn how to control, like my addiction to AOL Instant messenger when I was in 7th grade.

So, here's to you Mark Zuckerberg- Thanks for making my day more productive because I avoided everything you ever created.

Peace, Love and Productivity,

B