Instagram. Twitter. Tumblr. Facebook... It's like having a full time job to keep up with every social media account one could have. I get so overwhelmed at the fact that I haven't posted a picture in awhile, has the world forgotten about me? As funny or borderline crazy as this may sound, it's true. Is this generation so brainwashed into thinking that social media is a necessity? I decided to try this out for myself and eliminated social media from my life for the entire week.

The beginning of the week wasn't as bad as I had thought. I went into this challenge thinking that I wouldn't even notice that I hadn't been on social media because I was above the stereotype . Come to find out that lasted all of about 4 hours. I was in line waiting for my lunch and started feeling anxious! I didn't have anything to keep me occupied while I waited and the more people that flooded into the cafeteria, the more of an urge I felt to grab my phone and play a game.

Isn't that crazy! The fact that I rather spend time in a virtual reality than with real living, breathing humans is insane; yet its what happened. Looking on the bright side, the rest of the week took a turn for the better. I found more time to do some of the things I had put on hold, like writing more or catching up on that " procrastination" pile of homework thats been lying around.

Come the end of the week and finale day of my challenge, I found myself lost after taking the week off. I felt like I had dropped off the face of the earth and had no idea what anyone was talking about. And as scary as that sounds, It made me realize just how happy I was to have taken the break from social media. Its refreshing not to have to worry about what filter to use or why that boy you like didn't reply to your snapchat. To me, life is filled with so many more meaningful moments that we should make more of an effort to seek out rather then catch up on youtube tutorials.

Here I am, challenging all of you to try this out for yourself. Give up the hashtags and retweets for a week of pure bliss and see how dependent you've been on social media up until this point!