Don't have social media

For almost five years, a question has been constantly floating around in my head. Should I have social media or not? Deep down, we always have the answer, but we never accept who we really are for fear of exclusion. Jokes about memes wouldn't be funny, celebrity gossip would always be new, people would call me old, boring, and so on. Because of work, we often submit to almost everything we supposedly “need” to have when in fact what we really need is to stop letting people control our lives.

After accepting that I really needed to get off social media, I felt so light that my first thought was to share it, but with whom? Now I was isolated, I thought, when in fact it was the opposite. Now I could connect with people much more deeply, the way I always imagined. I had more time to talk to people I like, I read many more books than I remember reading two years ago, I included topics in conversations that I would like to discuss more, I discovered my passion for cooking, among many other benefits, and what surprised me the most was that I reduced my anxiety by 90%.

Unconsciously, we keep thinking about the "perfect life" that exists in our eyes, but to our conscience it is nothing more than a fantasy. I don't believe in a perfect life. I believe in a life with purpose, a life with time to live what really matters alongside the people we love, a healthy life, a quality life that makes you happy and doesn't bring you harm. And social media, especially Instagram, made me very anxious. I got lost in negative thoughts about myself and my life and even about other people. I lost sleep and wasted my precious time with nonsense that I saved and never looked at again. I know you do the same.

My creativity has improved, I am less anxious without so much information surrounding my ideas, I live MY life without the shadow of comparing myself to others. I could never imagine that living (almost) 100% offline would bring me so many benefits. It seems like I have more time in my day-to-day life. I really am enjoying quality of life. And you, do you want to live comparing yourself or truly live YOUR life?

Beijim 💋