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Breaking Away From Social Media

When will we start becoming normal human beings again?

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Breaking Away From Social Media
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People in my generation and others that are younger have come so used to the idea that social media is the most important thing in the entire world. If we don't look at our phone for more than a minute we get antsy, we worry about how many likes we get on an Instagram picture, and now the topic of discussion is how many followers is enough followers to make you popular? That is when I say that enough is enough...

I am so guilty of being too caught up with my different social media accounts that sometimes I am absolutely disgusted with myself. We are all guilty of at one point in time trying to post a picture to get someone's attention, or deleting a post if it was not up to "everyone else's" standards. It is not a great way to live and eventually social media is going to completely take over the lives of children that are not even around yet.

Everyone instead of living in the moment, is living behind a screen. There is not a day that goes by that we need to snap a picture or take a video because we want everyone else to see what we are doing. I am not saying that, that is a bad thing, but when can you draw the line? When will we realize that in order to live a life worth living, we have to see it with our own eyes and no one else's. When will we realize that how many likes you get on an Instagram picture does not matter. When will we realize that the amount of the followers and/friends on social media that we have does not matter. When will we start becoming normal human beings again?

I hate being that person who has to look at their phone every 15 seconds just to see if I got a message from someone, or a like, or a new follower. Nothing important happens within 15 seconds let alone an hour. The generations prior to mine did not have social media or smartphones to talk to people on. If they can do it, we can do it too. I do not like the sense of feeling brainwashed by social media because the amount of time I always have to check my phone. We are brainwashed to think that social media is the best thing to ever happen & if you do not follow with social media, there is something wrong with you.

Like I said, I am so guilty of all of these things and this is me wanting to change that. We all should try to take a break from the phone for a couple days and just live life the way it is meant to be lived. Deactivate your social media profiles for a month or two & be off the grid for a while. No one NEEDS to see what your every move is and why would you care if they do? My boyfriend always says to live in the moment and he is so right. LIVE IN THE MOMENT...

We can live without our phones and social media for months if we allow it. I guarantee if we try living without social media, we will feel so much better about ourselves, and our lives.


I challenge you to go off the grid for a while and focus on the beautiful world we live it. It does not have to be for weeks or months, but try for just a day for now and see how it feels. I will take part of this challenge with you as well...WE CAN DO THIS


Good luck :)

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