For the Aries new moon, I did an intense fast. Well, it may not be considered intense to some… but for me, it was quite hefty! Especially, cold turkey! For 3 days, I went without:
My Phone (calls, texting, music)
TV
All Social Media sites
No internet surfing
No people
It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, honestly. I spent the time journaling, talking to God, meditating, and planning content for my YouTube channel. For those 3 days, I had the most vivid dreams and I got sooooooo much content planned and recorded.
I came back for 1 day, before realizing, it was time to officially break-up with Social Media. This entire time, I was living in a facade of reality. When I thought about my analytics and even my business traction; very few customers came from my daily posts and videos.
It was nice to communicate with others but it was taking a toll on me.
The way the applications work, they reward you when you post and scroll more…. and it was becoming too much for my mental health and productivity. I was tired of just being something to see and entertain, whenever I came across someone’s feed. I got tired of tracking my engagement numbers to keep my media kit updated for sponsors. The vanity metrics were too much and I wish I could just turn them all off.
I’m finally ready to live and enjoy my life without others knowing what my every move is and without posting for others to simply be nosey or market. Or even the continuous traumatic news. It’s honestly not good for mental health.
Here’s to living life again!
This was a long time coming and I can’t wait to live without technology running my everyday! Have you ever taken a break from social media? Have you ever felt like you needed one?
Check out this video below to see if you need a break from social media too!