As many of you know I have decided that for a month I will step away from social media. This gives me time to dive into what makes me so drawn to social media, how I am using it in my life and what is important vs. non important information for me to be digesting/take in via social media. I have been going strong for about two weeks now and I just wanted to share a few things that I have personally noticed within myself with the changes and differences I have already seen in being "out of the social media loop".
The biggest thing I have noticed is that my present awareness has shifted. I am not constantly looking at my phone or just disconnecting from myself anymore. There have been times at home, on breaks at work, etc. that I will look at my phone and start looking at things on social media and somehow an hour will go by in what seems like an instant. Now with time it almost seems to be moving slower but for the better.
I have really noticed that my awareness when I am around Ben, with friends, etc. is so much more grounded, rooted. I am not zoning out when Ben is talking to me anymore. Now it is almost like I am the one who has to pull him away from his phone and being distracted. I think it also makes me realize how much I was not paying attention to him. And that isn't fair to my wonderful husband who has so much to say and so much I can learn from! Now with social media and those items out of the way we are having some really wonderful conversations together and just enjoying be around each other more. It's not that we weren't doing this before but I wasn't focused on sometimes what Ben was saying or other people around me were saying. I am much more aware , focused and engaged without looking at Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, etc.
I have also realized that I sometimes use social media as a way of disconnecting or not feeling emotions in a present moment. When I have felt anxious, mad or upset I at times would tend to just walk away and ignore those thoughts and feelings by distracting myself with social media. I have had a few instances come up with needing to deal with my emotions and being fully aware of those thoughts and feelings rather than just pushing them down and distracting myself with my phone and the apps I so frequently use. It was quite honestly hard, strange and a foreign feeling at first. But the amazing thing was I was actually able to sit in those feelings and thoughts for once and really fully deal with the present issues at the time. I also dealt with the feelings/issues at hand and then was able to solve why I was feeling that way and move on from it and felt relief and fullness.
Some of these things that I have noticed seem to simple to me. But honestly I was not aware of them before because of the distraction/disconnect in my life with social media. It is not to say that I will never use Facebook or any other the other social media outlets again but for me personally I am now aware of some things that I definitely need to continue to work on for me to be a successful, aware and fulfilled person!
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