Let’s begin this. DAY 1: I’ve had enough of this life stealing load of utter rubbish
End of day 1! I’ve Deleted Social Media
Well … All my washing is done….
Let the boredom begin!
Just like any addiction I assume there will be easy days and hard days….
I’m 44 years old and addicted to my phone – addicted to social media – i consume CRAP by scrolling and I’m in a ‘jail’ of making video content for very little money for the work load.
Atm I think I ‘need’ it for connection to people, for relief of boredom, dopamine, self value and for earning money…
… I don’t … I know that’s ‘addiction’ and strong habitual behaviours at play
I feel used – manipulated and like a battery for huge companies to get my money.
I want to take back control
I am GIVING UP SOCIAL MEDIA.
I want to stop consuming it cos i believe there’s more to life – I want to stop creating videos and posting videos as I believe I can get self value in other ways!
I also strongly believe we, human beings, are not supposed to be in a phone screen all day!!
… I genuinely feel like I’m wasting my life!
There’s more to life than this surely! We werent born to look at a screen like this
There’s so much noise – too much noise!! Too many ‘experts’ – IM WASTING MY LIFE ON flipping CAT VIDEOS and comment sections
The information I’m consuming is mostly totally useless on a daily basis….
YouTube has been deleted, TikTok deleted, facebook deleted (last night) so I’ve had a full 24 hours now without it
I normally fall asleep to some crappy YouTube I find – some crap I really don’t need in my head!!! Is Katie price really divorcing another man ?? – BRAIN ROT!!!!
My phone then ends up between my bed and its frame in the morning where I’ve fallen asleep to some utter rubbish
As a creator I earnt £100-£150 max a month from social media platforms (YouTube and TikTok combined) which was ‘locking me in’ – I have a full time job so it’s not ‘necessary’ for me to earn from social media
Recently the people in charge of AI said it’s possible that super intelligence could make the human species extinct by the end of the decade…. That’s 3.5 years ….That hit home ….
Do I REALLY want to scroll with the time I have left on the planet – do I really want to make videos for strangers who sometimes commend me or sometimes attack me in the comment section?
I need a break – a big long break…. Hopefully a FOREVER BREAK
What do other people who don’t have social media do with their lives …?
What was life like before social media?
What did I do before facebook, YouTube and TikTok…?
How do I fill the void – the space…?
24 hours in …. All my washing is done…. That’s nice…… erm….. what next…
There’s ‘another way surely’
This is my personal blog of giving up social media ….
