I often find myself in a situation where I sit and debate on deleting my social media and just put time into validating my existence. Validating my existence can mean several things. To me, it means spending time alone. Creating a unique image for myself. I often find myself on social media when I'm bored or just for the heck of it. For the past week I have put more time into things that I love to do to express my hidden creativity. I deleted my social media apps as an experiment identifying what I can do outside of these social dominating applications.
Day 1: Friday (August 12, 2016)
Friday was my first day social media free. I'm visiting my dad for the weekend. He lives in Beaumont, California and there's not much to do out here. The city is very quiet and country like, but that didn't urge me to hop on twitter and tweet about it. Instead, I meditated and listened to City and Colour. I attempted to sing along to it, but for those of you who know me, you'd know I still need some improvement on my higher pitches. Later throughout the day I wrote a little in my journal and skyped my friends whom I will soon be living with in a few days. As the evening went on, I noticed how fast my day was moving. I had so many available options to do outside of social media that it made me tired. I ended up falling asleep around 1:00 AM due to watching Olympic reruns.
Day 2: Saturday (August 13, 2016)
Friday was pretty smooth. I woke up and made myself cereal. I turned on nettlfix and decided to watch Orange Is The New Black. Around 2:00 PM I decided to walk my dog. I took her to the park. The weather was really nice, I wondered what I'd be doing right now if I was on my phone. But for once, I felt free and with nature. The soft breezes and the view of the mountains was so refreshing. When I got home I took a shower and decided to watch the olympics wit my dad. We bonded since neither of our eyes were glued to our phones.
Day 3: (August 14, 2016)
Today has been the slowest so far. I woke up, did some chores, and watched church on the computer with my dad. I downloaded new music on my mac which kept me busy for at least 2 hours. I'm taking my hands on the wheel test tomorrow and I'm super nervous! I've been watching YouTube videos all day on tips and tricks on passing. Now, I'm heading over to my nephews house and taking him out for ice-cream with my sister in law.
So far, my experiment is working. We'll see how long it lasts. See you next week!
