INT ROD UCT ION
This book is just 1 of 4 in which I will go a week without certain things I’ve come to depend upon whether I feel I need them or can’t start the day properly without them. My experiences are documented and designed each day until a book is completed which is what you see here. This is a designed set of experiences I’ve had whilst spending a week without Facebook, a website I use for a large amount of my communication with close friends, my family and my partner. Everything here is a visual representation of my thoughts and experiences with some sections simplified with text to best describe what had happened when these events were documented.
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Today I rebranded myself as a designer,
A new logo new start with an ambition to change a few things amonst my online presence.
No one is receiving my picture messages...
Starting to feel weirdly...
lonely.
I was bored one evening and decided to do a bit of fun volunteer design work on the side
I completed it but could not show the lady I did it for
I completed it and wanted to show the lady I did it for
I was feeling lonely today and decided to do a bit of fun volunteer design work to feel important
Decided to check BBC News instead of facebook.
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Since my taking leave of facebook for the week I’ve been far more productive and have been able to concentrate on my design work...
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I miss my friends...
I rather fancy doing a bit of fun research into other designs whilst listening to my favourite comedy podcast on Youtube.
They always know how to put me in a good mood, though saying that they’re just doing their job, not like they actually know most of those who watch them.
I started binging on all of artist Miranda July’s work.
She tickles my funny bone.
DAY
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Not much is happening...
Did a time lapse design piece and not having facebook there for the last 3 days or so has made it easier.
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Today I received a card from the RSPCA, they helped ease the passing of my pet hamster ‘Cake’ which when the time came emotions overwhelmed me...
I realled wanted to share a picture of my card with everyone...
After going shopping I popped into Specsavers and immediatly tried on a pair of Timberland glasses. Behind me one of the employees was trying to fix a printer, he then turned to me and opened up conversation about whether or not I knew how to fix a printer.
I remarked about how I work with them quite a lot, didn’t tell him in what respect. He said if I managed to fix it that he’d give me a big discount on the glasses.
I did what I could, cleaned out the toner that caked all of the inside, banged it, reset it but sadly nothing worked. However he still gave me the 50% discount which was awesome, I love them, they make me feel a lot more sophisticated.
My flat mate Katie bought this new Haribo sweet bag called Bear Pairs, they’re sour and sweet siamese twin bears joined by the hands. I think they’re meant to be holding hands but to me they look like they’re hands are conjoined to the other’s heart.
Pretty morbid for a bag of flavoured bear shaped gelatin sweets. They’re very morish but eating any more will give me just the worst visit to the bathroom.
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I was asked by my flat mate and a friend that was staying with her if I wanted to watch a movie with them. We popped on netflix and watched a movie that was heavily criticised online for being very dumb which personally I think added to the charm.
The Interview was weird yet went well with the alcohol. We stayed up until about 4am debating political gibberish, what the world is ready for and abuses of power across all fronts. Subjects always turn serious in my flat, kills the mood.
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Made dinner on time.
Today I went over some notes for some work I’d planned.
Fixed my logo, was looking a bit wonky.
Watched a movie called K-Pax.
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Just contemplating how I’ve removed one addiction for another, I used to be addicted to working and a small part of me misses that, it wasn’t easy being constantly thinking and made it extremely difficult to sleep.
It was
HARD
but it helped me do well to an extent.
Went to pop on some Netflix and saw a news article underneath one of the google searches that detailed that one of my favourite video game series is being made into a Netflix Excluside TV Series.
Trying to avoid getting easily dissapointed, the transition from interactive media to non-interactive is a slippery slope to a heap of shit. The less I check on it the better.
3.. Minutes left
efore I’m able to log back in.
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REFLECTIO N I’ve been far more productive during and after finishing spending a whole week without facebook, things got done faster, I felt happier as a person and developed an understanding that not everyone needs to know what I’m doing every soddin hour of the day. Afterwards I went into town and bumped into another friend who said they haven’t used Facebook in well over a year. I also conversed with a few strangers about it and the girl who works at the SU Bar at my campus and each person told me something similar for every time I discussed what I’d gone through. They felt liberated, free and overall happier about they’re decision and this has now prompted me to leave facebook entirely once me and my partner live closer together as it currently stands as our most viable form of communication because
of bad phone signal and fiddly internet connection. Though before I did actually abruptly leave facebook without telling anyone and my closest friends got a little upset with me, almost like I’d gone and kicked the the bucket or something. The person who was the most upset though was my partner, he wasn’t happy and was crying down the phone at me, couldn’t listen to him sob for much longer so I rejoined just for him until we sort closer living arrangements.
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