i'm not sure if it's the correct place to post about this, but i've been finding myself reflecting a lot about my habits and social media consumption as i've grown older. i'm in my mid-twenties now and i've found myself kind of addicted to socials? I grew up in an era where it wasn't a thing, we would go out to the park, play, and have sleepovers at our friends house. Now I feel like I'm so isolated indoors with my phone and content that continues being funneled at me, and it never stops. i think i'm going to try and make a concious effort to limit my social media consumption. maybe this is your sign to do so as well. put your phone down and connect with your friends irl instead
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ive tried giving up social media multiples times now and its so hard 😭 im seriously addicted and i hate it. one of the problems for me is that all my friends communicate via instagram 🫤 and i dont have any friends around me because i moved away from everyone. its also difficult as a disabled person since often im unable to get up and move or do activities that require fine motor skills. i love to draw but sometimes i cant hold the pen. i need to spend more time reading or something though instead if just scrolling or playing video games! i used to read instead of use my phone when i was younger 😭
every so often i get a wakening call and realize what i'm doing, but with how fast and convenient social media is, it's hard. i gave up twitter because i didn't have that many friends on it, but instagram we kind of all grew up with and have it to stay in touch. i hope we can both find a balance that keeps us sane and human. sometimes it's okay to de-stress with video games and doom scrolling 💙
through our convo i think i realized that you cant doomscroll on nova, but it's nice to log on once a day to check in to see how things are going with everyone. kind of a familiar face in passing
