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I have had social media for a very long time. While it was more of a creative outlet for me, until recently.. Deleting social media is personal journey, here is mine.
It all started with MySpace. I didn’t have a ton of friends growing up, so I took a different route with it. I used it to express myself. I would take codes from website themes and tweak them to my liking, periodically changing it to match how I was feeling at the time. Finding songs to complement that theme was my absolute favorite part. It was fun for me.
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As the years went on, there was Facebook, which I found very boring, as it really had no creative aspect to it. It was strictly informational and chatting. Then there was Instagram later on, which, of course, I found to be a new creative platform. I’d theme out my photos and keep the colors consistent as best I could. It was just another way to express my creativity, and I had fun with it for a while.
That’s what it was for me for a while. Then, social media became this very real job for some people. They implemented ads as well as short-form videos. I was still using it to update what I was doing, as well as trying to maintain a theme, but it all just felt so different. I got sucked into constantly updating what I was doing and sharing my every thought. I was starting to scroll for hours at a time, comparing my life and my looks. I would open my phone just to unconsciously open the apps when that wasn’t the intention I had.
The purpose of these social platforms had died a long time ago for me. I just hadn’t realized it yet. I had come to a very low point in my life, and being on these platforms was not helping. So, I decided to delete them. I had come across some YouTube videos of others doing the same, and I felt very confident in my decision.
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I had come across a particular video where she had deleted social media and created a website instead, and all I could think was “Of course, a WEBSITE”. Everything I had loved about MySpace would exist on my own website, just without the social aspect, of course, but it would be my creative space. I could do whatever I wanted and just give my address online, so to speak, to those I care about.
Then this website was born, and I don’t think I’ll ever look back. I can’t express enough how blissfully unaware of the next best thing, the next update from someone, the next ad, the next sponsored post, the next… whatever, really is. I get to focus on what I love: those around me, my creative project, MY life, without the social media pressures, and I love it here. I feel peace and I feel balanced.
