10 Great Ways Quitting Social Media Changed My Life for the Better
Two and a half years without social media made a powerful difference
Four years ago, I was a social media addict. I spent the equivalent of a full-time job checking my Instagram and Tumblr accounts. Over the course of a year, I transitioned from social media addict to a social media skeptic. Then, two and a half years ago, I deleted every single social media account I had.
It was one of the best decisions of my life.
Seriously. As a productivity and self-help writer, I’m supposed to be some kind of “expert” on productivity. But of all the productivity research I’ve done, psychology studies I’ve studied, and self-help books I’ve read, the single most powerful thing I’ve ever done to make my life better is still deleting my social media accounts.
Here’s how deleting social media elevated my life.
#1: Gave Me Hours of Free Time Every Day
Who among us does not feel they have enough free time? Judging by the general sentiment on the internet, no one. Even those who do have free time lament they squander it.
Cutting out social media freed up an unbelievable amount of time for me.
