Social media is ever evolving and expanding. While the original sentiment of social media apps and websites was well intended with the ability to keep in touch with those you know and connect to others with similar interests, I feel as if it has digressed so far from that. I’ve grown up around the boom of social media, and I’ve been on these sites since I was around 12 years old, so I obviously enjoy them and know them well. I’ve even met some of my best friends through social media!

That being said, I have come to realize how much mindless scrolling and “connecting” I have been doing lately. There’s so much time I have lost to pointlessly staring at a screen looking at pictures of others I barely know or laughing at the same meme 15 times in a row. I feel like I spend so much time on social media for no reason; what am I really benefiting from this?

The answer is, well, nothing really.

I’ve come to a point where I don’t even enjoy social media as much as I used to because whenever I use it, I just think of all the more productive, engaging things I could be doing.

LIFE IS SO SHORT.

I have too much passion and liveliness within me to spend my time looking at life through a screen. I want to enrich my life with activities that will help me grow and improve myself. I don’t want to grow old and regret all the things I didn’t truly enjoy because I was too caught up in getting the perfect picture or status update.

Social media can help us document our lives and share our celebrations, achievements, and sufferings with others. I am in no way dissing the benefits that come with social media developments nor am I deleting my accounts. I’m deleting my apps and detoxing for the time being. I’m at a point in my life where I want to live more authentically and surround myself with people who actually want to talk and engage with me, rather than just react to a post I’ve made.

I’m hoping to find out more about myself that I don’t have to share with the world.