Social Media Diet

While taking part in my Social Media Diet, I honestly found that I did not have a hard time straying away from any of the social media tools that I normally use every single day. Sometimes I even leave my phone at home for a few hours while going to the grocery store etc. because originally I don't feel the need to be attached to every person in my life at all times. During my "diet" I occasionally peaked at my phone out of pure habit  , I am not the type of person to update my status as I feel that there is no need for the world to know my every single move so I didn't really have a problem with running to my phone and panicking if I received any texts or not. My friends and family still tried to reach me during these 48 hours because I forgot to mention that I was taking part in this experiment, plus my parents tend to get a little worried when I don't respond within a few hours or so. As I mentioned previously I did cheat quite a bit due to my everyday habits and I like to keep in contact with my boyfriend and family as much as possible so it was pretty difficult to stray from that. Communication seems to be changing every single day and I don't think it will ever stop evolving, from social media to regular texts and phone calls I think that our society is hooked on having the ability to converse with people on a day to day basis. Some of the societal implications that are connected to social media use is that people feel the need to be in contact with someone 24/7 and I personally don't think that is healthy but the way technology is developing people seem to be more attached than ever to social media and their devices. When thinking about what I have learned and what I can do to change my habits when using social media I feel as if there is no need to be on social media everyday even if I use my phone once a day to check my social media that would be a major improvement because I am used to checking everything multiple times in one day. I think that if I focus more on my schooling, relationships and work instead of using a large amount of time on social media I could live a happier and healthier life as well as improve my relationships. Overall I feel as if every person on this earth could use a little step back from social media and take a look into their lives instead, while reading A Magical Block of Time: Lessons Learned from my Digital Sabbatical I honestly agreed with every point that she made because it is completely true, others might have different opinions but I agree on the point that we use social media as a distraction from our lives, whether you are having a rough day or procrastinating, social media and our technological devices should come second place always and our problems should come first.