Before my computer crisis a few weeks ago, I was a loyal Facebook game player. My games of choice were Yoville, Farmville and Mob Wars. I dabbled in Parking Wars, Smarty Pants and My City. I would go onto Facebook with the primary goal of tending to my crops and working in the Yoville factory and killing some thugs. I actually would schedule errands around when these things had to be done in the games. Then, suddenly, my computer crashed and I *gasp* had to be without it for 5 days. ”But my crops!! My crops are gonna die!” was a thought that went through my head that night. I went through some withdrawals. I thought about the poor little virtual me in Yoville, with nothing to do for a few days. When I got my computer back, I had over 150 gift requests for the games. It was then that I realized all of the time that I actually put into them. And what did I get out of it? Absolutely NOTHING. The games are just the biggest time-wasters. They sucked all my time in Facebook away. Time that I could be actually corresponding with friends, which was the reason I joined Facebook in the first place. Since I got my computer back, I took a personal vow to not play the games anymore on Facebook. Thank you to all of my loyal friends who still send me gifts on there, but I am no longer playing them. And it feels good. You should try it.
