I’m changing how I use socials. For months I’ve been struggling with social media, part of my income and work comes from managing social accounts, I spend too much time on them, and I let one or two negative comments affect me way more than sometimes thousands of good ones. I’ve been thinking all these things for a while, but have been unable (or unwilling) to disconnect from something I’ve put time and effort into. Disconnected by @emmagannonuk is one of the main factors that’s given me the push I needed. So what have I done? ✅ I’ve hidden all my TikToks - I mainly used Tiktok to talk about books and Taylor Swift, but when I shared anything about my personal life, that’s what seemed to go viral, and I fed it. I opened up my personal life to comments from strangers and suffered because of it. I can’t change how others use social media, but I can change how I let it affect me. And for me to do that, it’s not feeding the beast. ✅ My Twitter is now for my research only - I was so tempted to delete it altogether, but the communities surrounding academia on there have always been so supportive and help me in my research, I’m simply changing it. I’ll only engage with the tweets on there that help me achieve my professional goals. I’ll keep using LinkedIn to do this too. ✅ I’m going to focus more on creating for me - on creating content that makes me happy, and I’m proud of. I’m not going to aim to post three times a week, once a week, or even once a month. I’m going to create and share when I want to on here. And this platform will be my creative outlet. This platform, which has always been so positive, will let me share the bits of my life I want to. All of these decisions and actions have been a long time coming, something I should have done along time ago, but a breakdown caused by less than 140 characters, a reminder of a philosophy from a friend, and this book have given me the push I need. Here’s to a happier time online. . . . . . . . #disconnected #clearmind #introspection #reflecting #goingoffline #slowlivingrevolution #slowlivinglife #gowildlyandslow #beautyinsimplicity #artofslowliving #slowlivingmovement #slowliving #simpleandstill — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/MfQHVNd
