My Social Media-less Life

As is usually the case at the very beginning of the month, I was busy every day of the week last week and didn’t remember I was supposed to post something until last night (Sunday)… and that’s a full 24 hours after the time I want to post.

Of course, going on a trip, coming back, then turning around and spending the following weekend between two separate houses that weren’t my own didn’t really help matters any, but that’s my life.

Over the weekend, I had someone reach out and ask me how I had downloaded my information from Facebook before deleting my account and I was sad to let them know… I had no idea. Not because I didn’t want them to know, but because I like to be helpful and was the exact opposite of helpful.

I’ve been listening to a podcast by a YouTuber I’ve been following for about 11 years now, called The If Then Podcast, and it’s about retraining your brain to learn to do new things. This season has been a lot about being more present in the now of life and what that looks like.

Today’s episode was literally about what I went through in the first few weeks of not having socials: withdrawal symptoms, how to manage them, and being ok with boredom because “boredom breeds creativity.”

In the weeks that I’ve been completely without socials, when I wasn’t completely lamenting the loss of them in my life, I realized I have become more present in my life. Obviously there’s still work to be done, but I don’t feel as though I’m living in a fog all the time and my mind isn’t constantly thinking about my next “fix.” I’m just… there. Wherever “there” is at the moment.

I also “feel” more bored most days, but I’ve also found that I have time to read… like one of my best friend’s series of books. Click here if you want to read too! 😉

To bring it back around… being more present in the moment for me looks like writing this blog out. When I’m done with that, I will 100% be going straight to bed since I’ve done everything else in my day.

YOU GUYS! I CLEANED MY BATHROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS and rearranged my bedroom closet a bit since I had to move most of the stuff for general maintenance reasons. And that’s just since I got home a little before 5pm. Plus, I called two of my friends and made plans with my bestest friend for a shopping date tomorrow.

It’s funny… sometimes I feel like I have more time in my day and other times I’m like, “Dang, how did I ever make time for Facebook AND Instagram?”

Time is a flat circle. I just learned how to make it work for me. 🙂 Hopefully you take some time today to just be bored.