Hello everyone, I tried to quit last year and I lasted 4 months without any social media. Any advice? I wanna try to quit forever, unfortunately sometimes I feel the need to re-install again.
Hello everyone, I tried to quit last year and I lasted 4 months without any social media. Any advice? I wanna try to quit forever, unfortunately sometimes I feel the need to re-install again.
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Social media is a tool to connect with people.
If you have a problem with social media then you are not working hard enough on your goals.
What are your reasons for wanting to quit if you don’t mind?
Hey, first off—major props for those 4 months. That’s a big deal, especially in a world that’s basically built to keep us online. The fact that you’ve already done it once shows you’ve got the discipline in you.
If you’re serious about quitting for good, maybe spend some time reconnecting with why you’re doing it. What’s the deeper reason behind wanting to leave social media? Clarity around that can help anchor you when the urge to reinstall creeps in.
Also, you’re not alone. The back-and-forth is super common—it doesn’t mean you’re failing, it just means you’re human.
If it helps, I’d be happy to be an accountability coach for you. Sometimes just having someone check in or hold space makes all the difference. No pressure at all, but the offer’s there if you want it 🙏
I quit recently. I don’t really have a good reason other then I needed a cleanse
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I just downloaded an app called screen Zen. You can choose settings and group selected social media, games, etc and set parameters. I currently have that I have to reach so many steps before opening an app and then I can only scroll for 20 minutes x amount of times each day.
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I quit all social media except for reddit 10 years agi and have never regretted , cared, missed it or even think about it. It is the best thing ever being off the grid so to speak
The world is a dumpster fire. You’re not missing anything. I deleted IG, SC, Twitter, TT and Facebook. I kept Reddit, Pinterest and YouTube only. I realized social media is following what OTHERS are doing. Why did we care so much? Celebrities we don’t know, people we follow online because we knew them once upon a time. No longer. It took years to develop this habit and it takes one person to realize that we focus on others all the time. Why did we care? We didn’t, we just felt like we did. Also, screw the world and focus on you. I have since the November elections. I deleted most of my social media apps and have avoided any and all news updates. More stress about crap that’s out of my control. Instead, I’m watching my favorite movies and shows, listening to music and doing things for me. I don’t miss the world, I had put myself last for too long and it’s changed.
It’s helpful when I consider opportunity cost, not of time but of cognitive energy. I remind myself that every mental “slot” not occupied by information I’m consciously or unconsciously processing can go to something else.
Be mindful while you’re trying to quit.
Be mindful when you’ve quit.
Be mindful when you return.
Be mindful in these times. Take good mental notes on how bad you feel when you’re trying to quit social media. Inventory the negative stuff that makes you want to leave in the first place.
Take good mental notes on how you feel when you’re off social media. Think about and take inventory of the numerous benefits you’re experiencing.
And be mindful of specifically *what* drew you back to social media. You need to know specifically what draws you back so you can learn from those specific instances. Was it loneliness? Was it a sense of missing out? Was it just boredom? You can’t work on filling these gaps if you’re not aware of the specifics.
The US Military has “After Action Reports” (AAR) and “Lessons Learned” reviews for after everything (missions, projects, conflicts, etc); with the purpose of learning from mistakes and improving going forward.
You’ll probably fail a couple more times, and it’s okay. That’s part of your process you have to work through. Quitting social media is huge as it’s tethers you to the world and triggers dopamine release just as drugs and alcohol do. So what you’re trying to accomplish is much bigger than you think. Don’t discount it. Continue to make little adjustments. Not only will you get better at avoiding social media, but you’ll likely get better at quitting other things as well because you’ll have learned a lot about yourself along the way. Good luck and congrats on taking the first steps.
Best advice. Don’t try to quit something. Trying means effort with nothing to replace it with.
Find something out of social media you would enjoy doing and focus on that, then quitting social media would become effortless.
This applies to anything you are “trying to quit”. If you put your mind focus on the benefits of doing the replacement activity, then social media will just slide out of your habits.
If you are trying to quit social media and not replace that with anything, then the time saved will be spent on thinking about logging into social media.
I was addicted to gaming and tried to quit a couple of times with no success. Once I discovered that I enjoy music production, didn’t even think again about gaming. Maybe I gamed 10 hours this whole year when it used to be 10h per day in the weekends.