My 30 days off of Social Media and What I learned
Let's start with the question I received most during the last 30 days, "Why are you taking 30 days off of social media?" The honest answer? It was an experiment. I know that I am addicted to social media and I spend quite a bit of time on it, and I just wanted to see what life was like without it. I have to give credit to this blogpost from inspiring the idea. I had the thought to also do a daily blog, but with a pretty busy work schedule, that never came to fruition. Lets begin with my definition of what a social media fast was. I would not open Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Swarm/Foursquare, or LinkedIn for any reason. Of those channels, Facebook is my clear favorite, but I didn't want to replace one addiction with another. I did allow myself the following: Yelp!, youTube, and Facebook Messenger (on my phone only.) I don't follow anybody on these networks. I use Yelp for restaurant reviews, ...