Away from the potato chips, the chocolate, the wine bottle... social media.
So that's what I did.
Not the wine bottle but everything else.
You see I share so much of my life online. This blog is just a snippet. I would post on facebook daily, instagram could be a few times a day and when I started doing stories, it blew out of control.
I was always on my phone.
And I do mean always.
I had to charge it in the afternoon because I was on it so much the battery would run out.
I don't know what changed, but I was walking around one afternoon and I noticed that no-one even looks up anymore. Their phones are glued to their hands in front of their faces. They're literally wandering around with no awareness of what's going on around them. And if they're anything like me, they're not even reading anything! Just scrolling through crap, mindless drivel. Shares of stupid meme's, fake news, buzzfeed quizzes.. ok buzzfeed quizzes are awesome, but you get my drift. I barely even saw any pics from my friends in my newsfeed anymore, it was just rubbish!
So I logged out.
I thought I'd do facebook first and maybe last a few hours but then I decided to do instagram as well. Because that one was turning out to be the real problem.
In late September, I put up a post and then I logged out. I probably should have deactivated my account but I never imagined that I'd be off for two whole months. Me. Not on facebook or instagram for two whole months.
But it's been two whole months.
And I think I could probably do without it. I just logged back in and honestly, 99 out of 100 notifications are people tagging me in competitions and facebook telling me something is for sale in one of the selling groups I'm in.
Clearly I've missed a lot!
Don't get me wrong, I miss people's updates, their news, the photos of the kids and the funny updates. I really do miss that stuff, it's just all the other shit that I can't stand.
Am I now a guru who has all the answers? Doubtful. I don't know what the solution is.
I just know that I've read 11 books in that time, my washing has been up to date, I'm exercising again and I'm in bed and asleep before 10 most nights. My phone battery lasts all day and I actually watch the TV when it's on and engage with my children. Which is really what this is about I guess.
I have realised that I'm actually not missing out on anything by not being on facebook. People still message me. They talk to me. They ask me about my life.
Will I delete my account? No. But I won't be a slave to it like I once was, and if it gets too much, goodbye facey! I'm not going to be all I'm a saint and social media is awful, but if it's a problem for you, do it. It's refreshing to see people and not know what they had for dinner last night.
So what did I miss? What have you been up to? And the big question, did you even notice? Did you miss me?
