This post is all about why you need to delete social media right now.
Have you been feeling really sad lately and don’t know why? Are you constantly on social media platforms? I think we found the issue. You need to delete social media right now.
I remember when I would cry almost every other night because my friends had so much time to go out, party, eat good food, and just all around have fun while I was at home studying for assignments I had due the next day.
Don’t get me wrong, I still have those sad nights every now and then but it’s not to the extent of when I was a consistent social media user.
Deleting social media literally changed my mindset and life forever. I’ll never go back.
Today, I can confidently say that it was the best decision I have ever made. Years have passed and I still have not kept a social media app for longer than 24 hours.
I realized that looking at other people’s lives didn’t bring anything extra to my life. It paused my life because I was consuming the world instead of creating a life that I wanted for myself.
Here, I will give you 6 really good reasons why you need to delete social media right now. Or at least take a REALLY long break from it.
(I don’t really consider my blog a form of social media even though it most definitely is one. However, I would rather read thoughts and ideas that were created by others than consume pictures that tell me almost nothing about who the person is.)
This post is all about why you need to delete social media right now.
Disclaimer
This post is my personal opinion and should be used for informational purposes only. If you need the help of any kind, I suggest you seek an expert or professional because I am not one of them. I speak from my personal experiences only. You, the reader, will read at your own risk and should not make any big life-altering decisions based on this post.
Please do extra research. You are not obligated to listen to anything I say here. Social media may not be the reason for the negative aspects of your life. I only suspect that it is. If social media is very important to you then this post is not for you (but you can read about the insight of how it affects other people.)
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Let’s begin.
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Why You Need To Delete Social Media Right Now
1. You’ll Be More Satisfied With Your Life
When you delete social media, you’ll be more satisfied with your life. This is because you aren’t constantly looking at other people’s lives and what they are doing with them.
When you are looking at all those pictures and videos of these people trying new things and going out having a good time, you end up comparing yourself.
You will never be satisfied with your life if you’re always thinking about how other people have “more” than you.
The moment you delete social media, you’ll be 100% focused on yourself. You’ll be able to see what all you have and what all you don’t have. You’ll start appreciating everything more.
With that knowledge, you can slowly detox yourself of anything in your life that doesn’t make you happy.
Back when I was a heavy social media user, I missed out on a lot of opportunities and events that could have helped me live a more satisfying life because all I wanted to do was know what other people were doing.
If I couldn’t get it out of my life maybe I can live it through other people. I only ended up doing this because I didn’t take the initiative to make changes and make those wants happen.
That not only wasted my time but kept me from creating my own goals.
You can start creating a plan of action to get yourself to where you want to be the moment you quit social media and think about yourself more. You won’t want what other people have once you start doing that.
You’ll create and see your own wants based on your own experiences and only then will you be satisfied.
You might also like: 5 Best Ways To Have More Self Peace
2. You’ll Realize Some Things
Realize some things? What? Yea, I didn’t know how to title this point so bear (not bare) with me.
The moment you delete social media, you’ll realize that not everything on social media is entirely true. People only post about what they want you to see.
So, all you’re seeing are back-to-back images of the good times people had and little to none of the effort and struggles in between.
The moment you delete social media, you’ll know more about the world and other people because you’ll learn that what you see isn’t all there is to it.
You’ll start giving people the benefit of the doubt. You’ll stop assuming everyone else’s life is better than yours and that they don’t have problems to deal with.
I once thought my friends were out every night and eating good meals. But whenever I have conversations with them, they tell me that they are only able to go out once a week or even every two weeks.
Some of them thought I was the one going out every night and eating good meals!
Not only is social media misleading but it makes people think negatively in general. I see social media as a bunch of gossips that gives you another excuse to talk down on yourself.
You’ll realize that you don’t need any of it in your life because you finally know that you have everything you need with you already.
The moment you get rid of social media, you can spend your time seeing what’s actually in front of you and know firsthand what is and isn’t real.
This awareness is another step to creating satisfaction in your life. So I guess you’ll just be more present in your life versus being present in someone else’s “better” life.
3. You’ll Have More Free Time
Having more free time is probably the biggest benefit of deleting social media.
You’re probably a victim of watching one video and all of a sudden you’re scrolling around and clicking around watching more related videos. Then you just lost 2 hours of your day.
Social media is so addicting. I only download Instagram about once a month just to see how my distant friends are.
But sometimes I accidentally get carried away, see a funny reel (short video), and I’ve just lost 2 hours of the time too.
I could’ve spent that time doing my homework or working on this blog (like I should’ve been.)
Sure, those videos were interesting to look at, but did I need them to help myself? No, not really.
If I wanted to relax and calm down, I could’ve done some self-care or read a relaxing book because at least with those activities it’s much easier to control the time I spend on it and I am focused on me and only me.
Having these auto-played videos or scrolling through countless images is literally taking time away from your best life.
Try to be more of a creator not a consumer (but only give in once in a while if you’re REALLY curious about what people did the other day.)
4. You’ll Have Better Relationships
You have no idea how many times I’ve gone out of my way to hang out with a friend only for them to pick up their phone every 30 minutes to talk to someone or scroll through a social media app. (Or maybe you do.)
Not only does that make it seem like they’re bored out of their mind, but it also makes me feel like I don’t matter. It’s just not respectful in all honesty.
I’ve actually considered ending some of my relationships with people because of their attachment to their phones. There will always be a part of me that knows I deserve better.
I am there for them and I expect the same treatment in return (lol that sounds so terrible the way I worded that but hopefully you understand what I mean.)
I guess the only time social media would be acceptable is when we’re both actively doing something together on social media. For example, we could both be watching videos together or creating content together.
Other than that, social media can definitely wait.
You’ll have social media and the time for it when you get home AFTER you’ve spent time with your friends and family.
Why are you wasting their time by focusing on random strangers that don’t affect your life at all? Your buddy is right there sitting next to you! Give them some love too!
When you delete social media, you can put 100% of your focus on others, learn more about them, and build an overall longer-lasting relationship.
5. You’ll Be Happier
I cannot stress enough how much you will thank yourself for deleting social media.
Since you have no way to see what is going on outside of your life, you’ll become more in touch with yourself.
You can focus on what makes you feel good and what doesn’t. You will only be thinking about yourself.
It sounds like the most selfish life ever but how can you share happiness with others if you don’t have it in the first place?
Social media can make you forget what you’re living for. As soon as you delete it, it will be much easier for your mind to create goals and to think of ways to reach those goals (which is one of the things that makes life worth living.)
Having goals and accomplishing them will make you so happy. I’m sure you already know that.
Happiness is so much more than being involved in other people’s lives. Like I’ve been saying, social media can make you compare your life to others. The moment it’s gone and you’re thinking of only yourself, you will literally not care about what anyone thinks ever again (well maybe your boss.)
I remember back in 2017, I didn’t care what I wore, I didn’t care what I said, I didn’t care what I was doing with my life. I pretty much chose to spend my time cleaning instead of talking to my friends and I didn’t care.
(Lol, cleaning isn’t a bad thing, I was referring to not engaging with my social circle.)
I was happy. My friends stuck around and liked me more because of my newfound happiness.
Delete social media so you can worry or compare less (or both!) and become happier too.
6. Social Media Is A Distraction If You Don’t Make It Beneficial To You
What do you get out of using social media anyway? I guess you can meet new people. But are you actively communicating with these new people? Or are you just sharing photos to prove that you’re not a complete loser compared to the people you see online?
Sure, you can use social media to initiate a friendship, but if in the end you’re just mindlessly scrolling through photos and videos, you’re not helping yourself again.
Why not hang out with the people you live with? Or start a creative hobby? Learn a new skill!
I spend my time planning and actively working on building my future (As well as making plans to hang out with my loved ones and following through.)
In my downtime? I write and I write about me and for me because I know that my future self would love to know what I’ve created.
Social media just works out your thumbs in all honesty.
You need to have a really good reason to use social media. Other than that. Just delete it.
(I might have to get into social media again if my blog becomes more successful down the line. Mainly to build my blogging community around it and build more long-lasting friendships through the blog.)
Ending Note
I hope this post was insightful for you and that you’ll consider deleting social media.
I took the initiative to delete all social media platforms in 2016 (2017 was when I experienced a great life from deleting social media). Every time someone else posted about how great their life was, I was in bed at 9:30 pm feeling sad and left out.
The trigger for me to delete social media was when one of my good friendships ended suddenly and that person posted a picture with someone else.
This made me feel like I was easily replaceable and decided I didn’t want to look at my friend live their life without me anymore.
If you do decide to try a social media detox, you don’t have to delete everything at once.
You could start with limiting yourself. Maybe you’ll decide to only look at social media at night before you go to bed. Or only on your lunch breaks. Or you can be like me and just delete everything and only occasionally look once a month for an hour or two.
Even cutting back to once a week on social media is better than the normal everyday usage.
Do anything to make your life and your mind better. Get rid of anything that doesn’t directly help you.
Let me know if you tried deleting social media and how you felt about it. A new story about someone improving their life is always so refreshing. Have a good day!
This post was all about why you need to delete social media right now.
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