It's harder than you might think. Turning off your phone, unplugging your laptop, deleting, blocking, removing, erasing, organizing, and prioritizing your social media and your life. All it takes is one decision. One choice can be the difference between living your life focused on negatives instead the positives. Choosing joy and letting go of negativity is challenging, but it is just as rewarding as it is challenging.

Personal life can be very similar to these social media actions. I think it's healthy to do a good spring cleaning every now and then, regardless of the season. You go through many different seasons in life, and it's not only normal to do so, but we are encouraged to make changes.

Instead of wishing things could change, like wishing you could change a filter on a picture you've already posted, just make the change! You can't change things by wishing them away. You have to take action. You have to do something. You have to make a choice.

If someone does not bring joy in your life anymore - delete.

If something doesn't increase value in your life - block.

If a memory is causing more destruction than happiness - remove.

If a habit is not helping you succeed - erase.

You can choose to delete a photo, a person, or a past memory. You can choose to remove the anger, the frustration, and the hurt. You can choose to organize and prioritize your life.

Instead of choosing the negatives, you can choose the positives.

You can choose joy, happiness, peace, and no longer take things for granted! Just like you can choose what photo to post on social media, or what hashtag to say, you can make a choice to unplug, live in the moment, and live for the moment and the little things.

In 2017, I want to be a better version of myself, and that all starts by deleting, prioritizing and choosing joy. Pure and simple, joy.