When the professor at the end of class said to try to go a week basically without social media, I said I will able to make it at the end of the week. My first instinct was to delete all those apps I’m frequently on, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, and Youtube. I kept Google maps for the reason that it is a necessity when I drive although I know my way, I use to see my time and how long the trip will take me. The first days were HORRIBLE, I have the tendency of waking up and checking the gram, a little part of me wanted to re-download the app but instead I tried to distract myself by starting the morning by cleaning my room something I rarely do. As the day went by seeing my sister laugh at Tik Tok, it was making things more tempting. It was temptation, and the separation anxiety I had from my phone, and the little fear that I am going to miss a big thing.
As the week was coming towards the end, I will say .. I gave up by day 3 I could not resist not knowing was happening, I miss the scrolling. I felt that social media did not play a huge factor in my life but in reality, it did. In the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” it said, “The more pieces of information we can “access” and the faster we can extract their gist, the more productive we become as thinkers.” When I did not have the apps I felt left out, you say I felt lost. It was great that I did this exercise because it motivated me to live in the moment. I had a family event over the weekend and instead of posting what was going on, I really took advantage of “disconnecting” from the social world.
