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How’s life without social media??
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You are 100% right. I’m 35, and now I use Reddit once or twice a week and occasionally YouTube. I used to use Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Blah blah blah…It took me a while, but I came to the same conclusion you did. I could be doing MUCH more with my time. My advice is to uninstall, set an alarm (after one hour each day, no more social), and be more mindful. The last tip is what helped me. I’d stop and go, “I’m scrolling again. Why? What else could I be doing?” and move on.
I hope this helps and good luck!
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Better than I expected, really. It’s much better, safer, and easier to be off the radar from drama.
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Ask any millenial, they started having social media in their mid-late 20’s, so they know what is life both with and without it.
As a millenial myself, I’d say life was different, people socialized way more, but at the same time the range of interests you could have was more limited because you didn’t have such information overload.
Also, most info on social media is crap. Sure it can expand your range of interests, but it’s mostly crap anyways.
I also had greater capability to focus, too. Social media has reducem y capabilty for focus. And I see it only going worse on younger generations.
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Social media is fake and content creations objective is for you to engage or watch – ie being held hostage by your phone. Time isn’t on your side and you will always compare to others even if you say you don’t. I removed IG 2 months ago and my mental capacity has almost comically increased, much less anxiety, and I can live day by day. I work in advertising so I understand what goes into content – and yea, it’s a formula that you let yourself be taken advantage of.
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For a 15yo it’s worth dropping social media; I’m an old cunt, and social media wasn’t even really a thing till my mid 20’s and perhaps I’m biased, but looking at what kids’ lives are like today, I’m pretty sure my childhood was better simply because I wasn’t glued to a screen.
That being said, back then, none of my mates had social media either, so perhaps it would be very different today. By dropping social media at a yoot, you’ll essentially be outcasting yourself.
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ive been off most social medias for about two years now. the only ones i use are reddit, discord and (if you count it as one) youtube. it’s freed me up to do alot more of the things i wanted to do, and its allowed me to completely ignore those fake posts and such.
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As long as yk you don’t need it and you become aware of what you actually want to start investing in you won’t have problems. Because you’ll realize what actually feels good
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You wont miss out on anything major, trust me.
You can keep contact with your friends on imessage for ios or apps like telegram or just calls and they will let you know of anything that is important enough to remember, the rest is all pretty much bullshit.
And if you think you will, just think of the things that THEY will miss out on, the books youll read, the hobbies youll pick up or anything that youre planning to fill the boredom with, Itd definetly be worth it.
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a little bit is ok — but if you’re scrolling for hours without being dedicated and successful in other areas of your life, then it makes sense shut it down
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