24 Hours Without Social Media

On Thursday I went almost 24 hours without using any source of social media. I allowed some necessities such as checking my e-mail for school purposes or taking phone calls in case it was important. It turns out that it wasn't as hard to stay away from social media as I thought it would be, but it was a lot harder to stay away from my phone than I originally thought. I don't tend to check my Facebook that often unless I believe that something will be waiting for me upon logging in. The only other social media I really use on a consistent basis is LinkedIn which I will only check every few days anyway. Putting my phone down and leaving it was a lot trickier than I imagined it to be. Knowing that somebody might be trying to talk to me and not being able to respond to them was a weird feeling. It really made me feel like I was a kid again before I had a cell phone. The only time I would talk to my friends then was when they called me. Now it is just so much easier to text and get almost instant feedback from that person. Only accepting calls though was a bit of a nice feeling. It made me use actual face to face communication more which was wonderful. I think I may start to slowly ween myself off of texting so much and either make more personal phone calls or talk face to face if possible.