I'm Out

I’m deleting social media apps off my phone. I’m not deleting my accounts. Doing that would allow these companies to have access to my data and information and leave me with no way to control it. But I just can’t do social media anymore. I don’t like how it’s changed me. I don’t like the doom scrolling and the constant checking.

I have different personalities depending on the platform. On Twitter, I tend to be more of an outspoken asshole. On IG, I’m more friendly and mostly I just watch funny videos and WWE women’s wrestling. BTW, if you haven’t checked out some of the female athletes wrestling today, you are missing out. These women are incredible. It’s not the panty and bra matches from the 90s. They are legit good, outstanding wrestlers who do breathtaking moves.

But anyway, back to social media.

I feel addicted to it. If I have a moment with nothing to do, right away I pull my phone out and I’m checking out something. Is there any breaking Patriots news? What about politics? I feel this drive to find stuff out ASAP even though it doesn’t really matter. Why does it matter if I find out about it at 11 am or 3 pm? Or in many cases never? Most of this stuff doesn’t impact me. And yet, I care about it.

I’m done with that. Since I am keeping my accounts, anytime I write a new post, it’ll still show up on there. I just won’t be checking it. So if you message me through social media, just know I probably didn’t get it. I hope I am able to do this forever. But as with all addictions, you never know. I’m starting with removing them from my phone. They take up too much brain space. I need it back.

I’m out.