What I learned from quitting social media: Nobody noticed. The world kept spinning. Opportunities kept coming. Life kept happening. But my anxiety dropped. My focus returned. My productivity doubled. We think we need to be everywhere. We don't. You're trading your attention for other people's highlight reels. It's a bad trade. Log off. Live more.
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Here’s Hannah Power, on leaving Instagram:
“....the weird things that have happened as a direct consequence have been, well, weird. for instance, I haven’t missed it once. not once! I thought I would. I thought I would miss sharing my curated life, my walks through the streets of Lisbon, my pics screaming I am on holiday, but I haven’t. another... See more
The Social Media Sea Change
“I’m tired of making everything about myself. My job requires me to look at myself, talk about myself, post myself, and reply to comments about myself. It is way too much of a self-obsessive job”
“On TikTok, you have to talk in short sentences. I’ve learned to not elaborate on my idea — which for years of my academic life, I was taught to elaborate... See more
“On TikTok, you have to talk in short sentences. I’ve learned to not elaborate on my idea — which for years of my academic life, I was taught to elaborate... See more