Reason Why I Created This Account

I usually write in Bahasa at my WordPress account for a year. Sometimes, I updated my Path, Instagram or Twitter . Mostly, in Bahasa. But I read foreign articles in English.

Social media grows rapidly. I feel lucky that my smartphone doesn’t support to install the hype social media. Storage capacity is almost full. Enough to maintain too many accounts.

Few days ago, I asked my friend “Why don’t you have Path or Instagram?”. He answered, “What’s for? Sometimes, I want to deactivate my Facebook or Twitter but Facebook connects me with my old friends and I’m still using Twitter to read some news and articles.”

Another friend of mine doesn’t have any social media. Last year, she deactivated her Facebook. I have to call or text her to know about her news lately.

Both of them have similarity. As far as I know, they love to travel alone and read so many literature books. I love having a long conversation with them. They have a deep insight of anything. The first one regularly writes articles on his blog once or twice a week. I found out that he also writes articles for several online platform.

I jumped to conclusion where having social media accounts keep you busy to think which one you have to update. You will take minutes thinking the right caption, arranging words to make friends or follower hits the love button, choosing the best pictures and if needed, using photo editor application to beautify your pictures. I guess, it takes about 5 minutes to an hour, maybe.

If you think people should have know every moment of your life, it means everything has to be posted, like pictures or videos. You will spend a lot of time thinking contents for your social media accounts. Besides that, most of your time is used for scrolling timelines or watching vlog, snapchat, etc and also checking reaction from friends or follower.

Reading books, having deep conversation, or even writing a long articles would be so hard when our mind only focus to update social media. I experienced by myself. It reduced my writing quality on WordPress, disturbed my conversation by taking photos or checking social media, and wasting my time to think the good content.

It’s bad. Especially for me. I have a dream to be a writer. I have to write everyday, practice as much as I can. I also want to develop my writing skill in English to ease me write task if I get master degree in foreign country. This account is a place for me to practice my writing in English.

From few days before, I stopped update my Path account but still scrolling timeline (maybe will deactivate it someday). Twitter is platform to express my feeling or opinion, like a daily journal in 140 characters, and to read great news or articles. Still using Instagram, only one picture one day, or less. Facebook is the champion to connect with new and old friend.

From now on, I promise to myself to write more in Bahasa and in English.

Practice makes perfect.