Social Media
Since the beginning of this year, I have been having many health issues. Alas, it is an ongoing saga of my life, one that I have not been able to overcome yet. But I have hope.
All this and work and trying to socialize and have a life and save and and and started having a toll on my mental health. I did what a lot from my generation seem to do in times of peril; hide in social media.
I started wasting hours, and yes, I mean hours, on social media, consuming mindless content. Sometimes the same content over and over again. This, of course, did not help my mental health.
Also, trying to keep up with everyone on and offline was becoming exhausting. Though many in my life do not check in with me even once, somehow, I was guilt-tripped for missing out on a few.
This added to the misery, and I decided enough was enough; for the sake of my mind and soul, I needed to ignore all. And that’s what I did. I stopped sharing and going online. As a result, I have a barrage of texts from people I am currently ignoring.
I went out into the real world and touched grass, literally. And smelled the air, felt the breeze, and laughed with people in real life…and I can happily report it has done wonders.
I will slowly introduce the online world into my life again but all in moderation.