After a very depressing summer, two years ago, I made the decision to delete all of my social media. The thought of deleting something I spend the majority of my time on SCARED ME! “What if I miss out on something? What if people think I vanished? What if people assume the absolute worst about me? What if they think I’ve gotten knocked up and I’m now pregnant?” There was a swarm of how so many people would view me, rather than how great it’d be for me.
This showed me taking a hiatus would be the best decision for me. Fast forward to today, I’m healthier and 57 pounds lighter, I’ve moved away from my hometown, and I’m in my own apartment, in my favorite city, doing something I love.
It all goes to show that a break from social media makes more of a difference than you’d think. It gives you the opportunity to think on your own and cancel out other people’s validation. Who is going to post themselves on a bad day? Who’s going to show them in their depressing state? It’s uncommon on a platform made to show off so-called “finished products”. A break allows you freedom you from comparison. Social media is fake, it’s copy and paste. But one thing you can’t copy is true authenticity.