10 Good Reasons To Give Up Facebook For A While

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If you're like most digitally active Americans (http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/social-networking-fact-sheet/), you've sunk countless hours into social media. But spending too much time on sites like Facebook can also damage your physical and mental health.

Compulsively checking the site can disrupt your sleep (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/facebook-sleep_us_56b91791e4b04f9b57dad790), make you envious (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/02/04/facebook-envy_n_6606824.html) of friends and whittle away at your attention span (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=harlan-loeb/in-search-of-an-attention_b_8254864.html), among other things.  

Here are 10 reasons you should consider taking a break from the social network, at least for a little while:

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