In the early days of December, my mom brought to my attention that my life had become so wrapped up in the drama of social media. Since Christmas break for college students was fast approaching, I decided, well I was volun-told, to go on a fast from social media. From December 12th to January 4th, all my social media apps will be deleted from my phone and I will not be logged in through any other device. This is my first diary entry...
December 11th: The day before
Its about 8:30pm. I am writing a note and posting it to all the sites I would be deleting. This note will let everyone know that I am not ignoring them or disappearing.
Its getting close to midnight and I have not put my phone down up, scrolling and sharing and posting savoring my last moments online.
December 12th: The day of
Its about noon. At 5:30pm tonight I will be deleting all of my social media apps from my phone and logging out of the ones on my computer. Deleted will be: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Flipagram, Musical.ly, Dubmash, and Timehop. I will be keeping the separate Facebook messenger app due to school related communications.
The clock is inching closer to 5:30... I am becoming a bit more anxious. Positive note: This gives me all the reason to be forward with giving that guy in my DMs my number.
5:30pm. My best friend is documenting the big event on her snapchat.
5:32pm. The storage space has finally cleared
5:34pm. I have downloaded 3 new games to keep my thumbs busy for the next few weeks.
8:05pm. I have mastered 8-ball, created two new Pinterest board, and updated my phone.
December 13th: Day one
11:38am. first full day. I woke up to only a few text messages and some game notifications. No tweets.... no snaps.. I am currently on level 30 of Two Dots. I have planned four weddings, three tattoos, and seven Instagram captions. I have rearranged my restaurant in Restaurant Story about three times. I downloaded Netflix back to my phone and I have watch two and a half episodes of Private Practice. I just downloaded Google Translate so stay tuned for a new language...
10:11pm. Today was... okay. I mean if something happens and you cannot tweet about it does it really happen? I got a little anxious today with not being able to document my entire life. It is also extremely odd not being able to see what other people are doing every second of every day.
Update from this morning: I watched a Holocaust documentary instead of learning a new language, so continue to stay tuned for that one. I am stuck on level 32 of Two dots. I found out that Battle ships on the Game Pigeon takes FOREVER to play. I also picked up two temporary jobs for Christmas Break.
So yea... today was okay.
December 14th: Day two
11:22pm. Today has been eventful. I started one of the new jobs and had a little girl throw up in my isle... but if you cannot post about it, did it really happen?
My friends say that I seem to be acting depressed. I can defiantly feel a shift in my mood without social media. I am not sure if its living without social media or just the feeling of being left out on so much. I got into a routine in the mornings with checking all my stuff and now I am trying to fill that void with games. Today I downloaded Bingo and.... I LOVE IT!! I am still stuck on level 32 in Two Dots. I have picked up 9Ball on the Game Pigeon.
Today I was busy, but I feel like I am going through a withdraw of a highly addictive drug. Is that a thing? Can you be addicted to Social Media?
