Try to Avoid Social Media
We can’t even go a few hours without checking into our social media accounts in the world we live in.
The constant necessity of wanting to do so may have some motivations.
Perhaps you create content, and the majority of your work is exclusively on social media.
Perhaps that’s the only way you can communicate with close friends who are away.
Perhaps you consume content for entertainment purposes only, or it may be useful to you in your personal or professional life.
Perhaps you enjoy sharing bits and pieces of your life on social media.
Perhaps you monitor social media for news from businesses, organizations, educational institutions, etc.
These are the main ones that come to mind.
As you have probably noticed, there are some very good reasons to use them, but there are also some very obvious reasons that they are just for entertainment.
I’ve observed that while some individuals are enjoying themselves with their family and are spending quality time together, there is always that one person who is glued to their phone.
Taken a vacation from work?
Not in the mood to work productively?
Lack interest in the outside world?
Scrolling endlessly through reels or short videos, random posts on social media, or your Direct Messages (DMs) is the modern solution to all of that.
But is that the best course of action?
Not in my opinion.
With social media, I had a very similar experience. I would like to share that in the hopes that some readers will gain an understanding of the message I am attempting to convey with this article.
While I enjoyed browsing social media, I never truly “NEEDED” it. I didn’t find it to be particularly distracting, but it did seem superfluous.
I used to enjoy browsing through posts and sharing them on my story, but I had no idea how long I had been there until it was past my scheduled time to scroll through social media.
I felt like it just consumed small portions of my life and my capacity to live in the moment and experience life as it happens.
I have social media accounts, of course, for content creation and other essential uses, but I have also made the decision to reduce my usage of social media when it is not required.
Apart from that, not really. Maybe once in a while to catch up with old friends I haven’t seen or spoken to in a while.
Has this been of use to me?
It did, indeed.
I sense that I’m living more in the now.
I don’t feel the need to constantly be up to date on other people’s lives, and I just get depressed when I unintentionally compare my life to theirs.
I don’t think it’s necessary to constantly check messages, DMs, and posts in order to view reels or quick videos.
I don’t feel the need to scroll through posts/videos/reels/short videos, and keep sharing them on my stories, or with my close friends anymore.
I no longer feel the need to continuously sharing posts, videos, reels, and short videos on my stories or with my close friends.
In contrast to spending the majority of the day glued to a screen, it feels good to live life more in real time.
I don’t get sucked into other people’s viewpoints or opinions, agendas, or propaganda on certain social or political related topics. Instead, since I’m spending less time on social media, I feel like I can form my own opinions and analyze any situation on my own.
I became more productive.
This doesn’t seem to be the main cause of my low mood very often.
Do not misunderstand me! The positive aspects of social media exist. I’ve been fortunate enough to have a decent feed that mostly consists of content that is either productivity- or motivation-related.
That aspect of social media undoubtedly played a major role in my development as the person I am today.
Nevertheless, with everything in mind, I made the decision to avoid social media as much as possible.
It’s something I suggest you give a try.
Why am I saying this?
Without the constant need to invalidate someone for their opinions or viewpoints, life is wonderful because you would start to value other people’s opinions and viewpoints in addition to developing your own.
Without needing it all the time, life becomes much simpler.
Do you have to use it? Alright.
Do you want to use it? So why not seek other activities instead? Save this for another time, perhaps? I mean, it isn’t going to go anywhere.
