Fasting 2.0

Hmm...

People go on fasts for an number of reasons - health, religious holidays like Ramadan or even charity fund raising. Many of us have abstained from sugar, caffeine or carbs from time to time.

But giving up online networking? That's new. And, apparently, really hard.

Kristin Sullivan, 25, is doing just that by giving up Facebook.

A week into her fast, she feels good about it. She's even cutting back the time she spends online in general.

"I have noticed that I am getting more done," she says. "It's refreshing, because you can really get sucked into the whole social networking world, and now my friends have to call me and I call them."

Refraining from online chatting is teaching Kristin the value of real conversations.

"We live such fast-paced lives that it takes away from having more meaningful connections. I would much rather meet for coffee and get face to face time with people, but we try to cram so much in our lives that we end up abbreviating so much of what we do and how we talk to people. I get tired of electronic forms of communication."
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Kristin says giving up Facebook for 40 days seems like it's going to be easy. Now that she's actually talking to her friends more, the only thing she really misses is the online photo albums. In the end, she hopes her internet cutback will stick.

I can't do this right now.  Addicted to Scrabble.

[taps vein]

Speaking of fasting, I'm starting up again this afternoon and going to Monday.  More deets later, which I know everybody's awaiting with bated breath...

ntodd