Entry #9 Life’s Best Moments Don’t Happen on a Phone

I have always liked social media. I remember being so excited when I was allowed to get instagram my freshman year of high school. I have always loved getting to see people’s lives, especially people that I have not connected with in a while. My parents have always been cautious of social media. Even after I was allowed to get it, there were limits to my time that I spent online. I am thankful for the way my parents were involved in this.

Now, I find myself to be pretty addicted to scrolling through instagram reels and Pinterest boards. It is so easy to waste so much time on it. Lately, I haven’t been on it as much due to a constant state of busyness. There isn’t very much time for me to even get my homework done, let alone be on my phone a lot. But I still find myself wanting to be on social media as much as I can. I often think about how much time I spend on it, but making decisions to change this are easier said than done. 

A lot of my classes have been talking about social media and the effects of it. As we have these conversations, I realize how much of a problem it is becoming around the world. It is definitely causing me to think about this more in my own life. I do not want to be someone that feels empty or sad without constant entertainment from my phone. Some of life’s best moments happen when we don’t even have our phones with us. 

There have been many times in which I take breaks from social media all together. For Lent one year, I gave it up for 40 days. By the end of it, I found myself not wanting to go back to it. I ended up choosing to download it again, because I really like being in the know. I like seeing people give updates on their lives! The time off was truly nice though. I should take more frequent breaks.