At one point when I was in the same situation you are in now, I got one of my friends to change all my passwords for a 30 day period on most things I visited online (except for things like banking and such). MSN was included in this. After 30 days, I was so blown away by how much more time I had and what I accomplished that I extended some of those areas further (such as MSN, which lasted for 4-5 months).
This was about a year or two ago for me, can't remember when, but I now have better control of my usage online. I only go on MSN very occasionally, and chat for a brief period of time. Usually, most of my interactions are either over the phone or in person. It's true that you can't reach out to more people that way, but are you REALLY reaching out? I find that through this experience, it revealed to me who my true friends are. The peopel that still continued to contact me through other means bothered to have me as a friend. The ones that didn't basically were just e-friends. I know priortize and spend more time doing things that matter. My grades are the best they've ever been and I have a few but really great friendships.
On the friendship topic, I like you have about 3 really good friends. Some might see this as a disdavantages but I see it differently. I get to actually invest in them and the same gets reciprocated back. Nothing wrong with having a few good friends.
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