Quitting Social Media: Easier Said Than Done

FORTUNE -- I cheated. More than once. As Fortune readers may already know, on August. 1, I announced I was giving up social media for the month. After a decade of signing up for ever-more social services, I wanted to find out what I'd won -- and lost -- in the process. So I gave up social services, instant messaging, email in the evenings and early mornings, and texting.