I wake up sighing, and turn over to my phone. I log into Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram every single morning, my FOMO (fear of missing out) kicking in before I'm even fully awake.

My fingers fly across the phone throughout the day, checking up on everyone before I tweet or post on Instagram. I scroll through an endless line of Instagram photos and tweets, trying to catch up on what everyone is doing. The worst part is when I'm "behind" on Snapchat, and I "have to watch" 20+ stories.

My question is why do we do this? Why are we so concerned with what everyone thinks of us that we have to keep tabs on people we couldn't care less about? Why is it that I overanalyze the amount of likes I get on my Instagram posts, and delete it if it doesn't have enough? Why do I care?

Do you relate to this post so far?

In one of my art classes, we have to put our phone in a basket in the front of the room. Doing this for three hours twice a week doesn't impact me, but how is it that I can't cooperate at home if my phone isn't right by my side? Time describes FOMO, saying "it leads you to check social media again and again and again so you don’t feel out of the loop. So you know you’re doing okay. So you don’t feel left out" (http://time.com/4358140/overcome-fomo/). My problem with social media is that we see the picture perfect side of everything- perfectly thought out tweets, posed photos on Instagram, Facebook posts of where you were and what you just did, party videos on Snapchat. You don't see the bad parts of your "friends" life, you just see what they want you to see. I could look at someone's Instagram and say "wow, she has such a great life", and in reality, her life could be worse than mine.

Even though I know this, I still check my social media accounts throughout the day- when I wake up, whenever I have time between class or in class, and right before I go to sleep. I know this is unhealthy, and if I sometimes catch myself posting too often (generally on Instagram) I'll take a break from the app for a month.

That's why I want to challenge you to do the same. If you're like me, and you check your social media accounts way too often, give yourself a limit. Maybe it's "I won't check any social media accounts until noon each day." Or maybe you need to be more strict, making it "I can check my social media accounts once a day, at six p.m., and I can only spend 10 minutes on the app." Or if you feel much obliged, you could delete the app and come back at a later time.

Personally, I know I check all my social media way too often. I'll probably start waiting until noon and six to check my accounts each day. I hope that putting my FOMO in check will help fix the way I view social media.