I'm on the edge of becoming 20. I feel like I have a mild duty to tell people what I've experienced since the day I removed Social Media.
First couple of days: I woke up and grabbed my phone. I was laying in bed scrolling on my iPhone screen doing nothing. It was a habit which was so weird. But slowly day after day I was waking up grabbing my phone to turn the alarm off and got out of bed. I was a bit on edge because I was thinking about people whom've messaged me or need/want to talk to me.
As the first week goes by I realised that if people really wanted to stay in touch and wanted to talk to me, they'd find my number easily. Some did go out of their way to get my number to stay in touch, but this, in my opinion is the best way to filter out the fake/not-real friends. By the start of next week, I noticed I was happier. I can't really explain why.
Half-full month later: I've moved houses and schools so many times. every time I did, I would find new friends and bond with them. I added everyone on snapchat and went out partying. When my parents decided to move again (due to personal reason. we never intend to moved multiple times) the same cycle happed. Add my new friends go partying and then move again. But the worst part is seeing my friends go out clubbing, partying just genuinely looking like they enjoyed life and I couldn't join them. I was stuck here like a ghost watching my friends have fun. which was quite depressing. now that I don't see these stories of my friends having fun (I know I sound like a wanker for not being happy for them but that's not what I mean, I'm not happy because I can't go out with them), in my mind it never happened. I was multiple times more happier than before. I'm studying longer, My screen time dropped from 4-5 hours to 51 minutes a day (averagely).
6+ months: I look at people who post things on instagram and talk about drama between someone that doesn't go to the same uni, drama between insert 2 famous people and they look so depressed and just unsatisfied with who/what they have. But I'm extremely happy with who/what I have because I don't know what I'm missing out. The only downside is that the weird looks that you get when you say you don't have social media. facebook, instagram, snapchat and twitter. However, there is this mildly desired feeling to removed youtube, Netflix and reddit. (though I've already done this on my phone). The thought process is if I can achieve this amount of happiness, could I go even further? remove what could be constituted as a distraction and social media platform. The other desire is to know what's been going on with your friends that haven't spoken to you in a while.
In conclusion, I can't stress enough how much better my life is after social media wasn't a factor. I highly recommend it. start by removing facebook, then instagram and keep going one at a time. it's much easier doing it that way rather then all at one time. I started reading books. I was curious how big complex problems worked like string theory (though I still have no idea what I'm reading it's overwhelmingly complex I feel like a chimp). I hope this helps anyone who's on edge. if you got any questions then fire away!
Submitted May 09, 2019 at 01:51AM by Appll3 http://bit.ly/2YjM46m
