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Posted On: September 7th 2026, 12:05 pm
I never wanted to admit that I was addicted to social media, especially instagram! I always gave myself the excuse that I can’t get off it because of my work and I check ideas and learn new things for my business and my day job. Not until I got myself to try putting using it under limitation. Today is September 6 and It has been almost 3 weeks since I deleted the app on my phone. I went down to less than 10 mins a day on my iPad either checking my dms very quickly (because something about the iPad app makes it not as addictive as the iPhone app) or just using it to post to the pages I manage.
To my surprise, this past period, NOTHING happened. There is no magical time that appeared that made me more productive or made me finish reading an entire book for example (maybe I should start doing that). Nor did I change my life around and became super efficient. BUT also, there is nothing that I missed. I thought I was going to be missing out of on a lot, but I didn’t. I am still connected to all the people I love and the information I needed still reached me somehow. I want to say my mind is a bit clearer, I don’t go on this doomscrolling zombie mood. I stopped using my phone a lot around my kids. And more importantly, nothing made me feel down without knowing the reason behind it.
See, what I thought was “inspiration” turned out to actually be comparison, that always led to me feeling that whatever I am doing is not good enough. Every time I open instagram now, I feel down instantly. I get this feeling like whatever I am doing is not up there to the highest standards, even if I am doing my best. I started to realize what every research paper has said for the past 10 years, social media is a place where we lose much more than we gain.
I didn’t delete my account yet, and I do not think that I ever will, but I think I’ll keep this limited usage on for a while and post every now and then. I was never big on posting anyway!
In the end I am only sharing, not preaching. I myself don’t even know how long ill be holding this :)
Leaving you here with some photos of what has been up!
To my surprise, this past period, NOTHING happened. There is no magical time that appeared that made me more productive or made me finish reading an entire book for example (maybe I should start doing that). Nor did I change my life around and became super efficient. BUT also, there is nothing that I missed. I thought I was going to be missing out of on a lot, but I didn’t. I am still connected to all the people I love and the information I needed still reached me somehow. I want to say my mind is a bit clearer, I don’t go on this doomscrolling zombie mood. I stopped using my phone a lot around my kids. And more importantly, nothing made me feel down without knowing the reason behind it.
See, what I thought was “inspiration” turned out to actually be comparison, that always led to me feeling that whatever I am doing is not good enough. Every time I open instagram now, I feel down instantly. I get this feeling like whatever I am doing is not up there to the highest standards, even if I am doing my best. I started to realize what every research paper has said for the past 10 years, social media is a place where we lose much more than we gain.
I didn’t delete my account yet, and I do not think that I ever will, but I think I’ll keep this limited usage on for a while and post every now and then. I was never big on posting anyway!
In the end I am only sharing, not preaching. I myself don’t even know how long ill be holding this :)
Leaving you here with some photos of what has been up!
Comments (17)
2 months agorawann.khaled__
been doing this for months now and definitely not missing up on anything, one of the best decisions!
2 months agohendgk
100% agree. I delete and reinstall and everytime i scroll again i feel the instant to2l now. Ehna f3lan mas7uleen gamed
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