Last Saturday night I decided to delete Snapchat from my phone. There was no reason for it, it just happened, I just pressed the app and pressed the little "X." I assumed I would re-download it the next day, or even in a few hours. However, here I am, a week later, and I still haven't put it back on my phone.

It's silly that something as simple as deleting an app on my phone makes a difference in life, but it truly has. Now, usually my "story" on Snapchat is pictures of life instead of selfies of myself, and on the occasion I do put up a selfie of just myself, I am making a point to look silly. Often, when I post, it's because I either saw or thought of something that I thought was funny. Other than that, I post when I'm somewhere I think is "exciting." In fact, I don't really talk to people on Snapchat much. I usually just open things and see it then forget about it.

Ikea was truly amazing, FYI.

That brings me to what I've missed the most about Snapchat – the geofilters. How sad is that? I am obsessed with all of the different filters for different areas, mostly because I just think it's amazing how many fun ideas people have come up with. I realize that's stupid, but snapping a photo and swiping to see the geofilters is real entertainment for me.

I also missed mixing filters with sniped pictures of my parents.

Then there's the fact that I missed being able to see what my friends were up to. I go to an outdoor theater and I like to see who else is there when I am. Since it's 2016 and I'm practically the youngest person alive to still use the "check-in" option on Facebook, I can't rely on Facebook. Instead, I rely on Instagram and Snapchat to see if any of my friends are nearby. So, I don't know if any of my friends were at the theater when I was.

It's not just friends that I like to keep up to date with. I also follow some celebrities on Snapchat. I hate to admit that I do that, but I do. It's an interesting look into a totally different world, and it really is a guilty pleasure.

However, aside from seeing what my friends are up to, and playing with filters, I haven't really missed Snapchat. I've really noticed how many times I'm in the middle of doing something, and I reach for my phone to check Snapchat. It happens when I'm having down time too, but it was much more noticeable how much time I spend on Snapchat when I should be focused on something else.

While I was at the theater, I spent intermission chatting with my friend instead of checking Snapchat to obsess over who might be there. I appreciated my friend who was there, instead of who might be. Sure, photos are fun to keep memories, but if you spend your life in front of (or behind) a phone, you don't get to really make the memories.

Example: my friend Leah looks like she's eating a macaroon, but she didn't really enjoy the experience.

Full disclosure, I'm headed out of the country, so I know for a fact within the next week I will get Snapchat back on my phone...THINK OF ALL THE NEW GEOFILTERS. But I hope that this short hiatus will help me pay more attention to how much time I spend not only on Snapchat, but on my phone in general.