I would not consider myself someone that is addicted to social media. Sure, I like to share what goes on my life, but I am not someone who posts everything that goes on in my life.

I am, however, an avid user of social media. I check Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat all day, every day. Any downtime that I have is usually spent flipping through these different apps seeing what everyone is up to.

One day recently, I discovered myself falling down the social media black hole. Since it happens just about everyday, I didn't think much of it. Then all of a sudden I looked at the clock on my phone and realized it had been two hours. Literally....I WASTED two hours of my life just mindlessly flipping through social media.

There was no new content for me to see. There was nothing interesting going on. I probably ran out of new information after being on my phone for about 15 minutes. I asked myself "why do you do this?" And honestly, I couldn't come up with a good answer besides procrastinating my responsibilities.

I decided that day to delete my social media until I finished my summer school class, which just so happens to be today. Here are the most important things I learned, and I hope to carry with me, from logging off of social media for the past two weeks:

Moving forward, I hope to keep my social media use to a minimum. I want to be able to enjoy my days without this constant need to be connected. It makes for better use of my time, and really just gives me the time to take myself into account and understand how to better my life.