Oh Hai, Social Media!

Me, plugging back into the world today.

March 2020, a month without social media. With all that's been going on with the world, I think I choose both the best and worst time to take a break.

So why did I take a break?

Do you ever catch yourself wondering what and when you should post in order to garner the most "likes" and comments? Do you find yourself wasting minutes, hours, a whole day to the mindless scrolling of facebook? Occasionally double tapping an Instagram post while flicking the screen, blankly staring as photos and words fly by, not really reading or seeing but scrolling on as a way to pass time?

What about this- do you walk away from a social media binge feeling negative? Feeling extra judgmental about what others are posting or how they're portraying their lives?

I had been feeling both of these for quite some time. It was time to remove myself in order to center myself. To take a breath of non social media based air.

I suddenly had extra time on my hands, lots of it! I got to spend some of that time reading, having genuine relationships with family, hanging out with Josh, being a smidge more connected than normal.

As I've stated before, it was definitely 50/50 on being the best and worst time to take my break considering all that the month of March brought on... including my newest niece and nephew, two of the cutest babies I've ever seen (totally not biased, at all!).

I also missed what appeared to be the height of the fear of the Coronavirus... I got to avoid saying something that I may regret later by responding to posts made in ignorance and posts made to promote fear mongering. I missed posts about toilet paper depletion and grocery stores running on E as my fellow Ohioans prepared for what could have felt like the end times. I only used government news and websites to determine my understanding of what was happening.

I also dyed my hair (and hands- all the gloves are sold out!) green... quarantine hair is what I'm calling it!

Notice that my sleeves are covering my hands. This was the first day and my hands were teal...  evidence below

LISTEN. Don't judge me!

But... life doesn't have to be a constant stream of sharing. Life is about living, and being there in the moment. Especially right now, with all sorts of news hitting our news feed. We don't need to be so connected all the time.

I urge everyone to take a little break from social media. It helps to refocus on what is really important to us. 

It's a positive to unplug from being glued to your phone and connecting with yourself and the world around you.