Why I deleted social media!

I deleted Instagram, Facebook, TikTok & Twitter. Sometimes you just need to shut the world out and focus on your mental health & growth. Social media became a huge distraction & I found myself mourning the life I used to have and second guessing the person I’m striving to become. Some reasons for deleting…

1. Distraction from growth & walk with God. I found myself spending time with mindless scrolling in times where I felt anxious instead of leaning to God & spending that time with him. Wasting hours at a time. I decided to rededicate my life to Jesus Christ and some things on social media were just not aligning with who I want to become.

2. Comparing myself to unrealistic expectations. Life be life-ing and I think sometimes we tend to forget that we are only human. & it’s all in God’s timing. People on social media only show you the best part of themselves and half of the time it’s all Smokey mirrors. I’ve had so many REAL LIFE experiences HIT and I convince myself I’m not good enough or else I’d be living the perfect life. I had to step away from the rose colored IG glasses and realize I’m right where I’m supposed to be.

3. DRAMA & TRAUMA! Every time you opened up Facebook it was some drama, someone talking mess, people passing away, people getting into trouble. I felt like every time I opened that app it was something SAD!!! And that was sooooo mentally draining 😭 had to let that go for my own mental health.

4. I didn’t want to be accessible to everyone anymore. This is the time that I decided to dedicate to God, myself, my family, my relationship & my career. So I needed to really dig deep into solitude. In the process I also changed my phone number to limit the access that people have to me. I didn’t want people from my past to be able to reach out and disturb my peace at their convenience.

… eventually I will be back I’m sure, this is something I do every few months but this one is going to be a long break.

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