I have been off social media for 30 days now – since 1 August – and it has been absolutely fucking amazing!
Yes, it was a choice and yes, I would 100% recommend you do the same. For the first two weeks I didn’t go onto any social media platforms at all. Nothing. Zero.
For the last week I have been popping into Instagram once in the morning and once in the evening just to scroll through all the Wild Eye guides’ feeds and content and to see it there are any important messages.
Having had a total break from the online world, do you know what I found when I returned? What I felt?
Nothing.
I found nothing.
I felt nothing.
Social media right now is filled with a lot more negativity than usual and a lot of false positivity, bordering on toxic positivity. It’s actually pretty messed up how much of a shitshow scrolling through Instagram is right now. I have literally been spending less than 3 minutes total per day scrolling through my feed and I still feel I have gained nothing when I close the app.
Variants.
Delta.
Kabul.
Afghanistan.
Lockdowns.
Travel bans.
Red lists.
And then, mixed in between all that, motivational quotes from people who wouldn’t know positivity if it hit them in the face. People who are pretty fucked up, like most of us right now, and who are trying to convince themselves that they’re okay but then stress themselves out even more by checking their posts again and again every few minutes to look for validation from strangers and to not feel so alone.
A few weeks ago when I left the social media world I chose alone, and it has been amazing! I decided to go deep and look at the person in the mirror and once and for all decide who he is, what he wants and what he will no longer be concerned about or entertain.
I made a choice. And the choice was me. I purposefully, and very intentionally, went to a dark, dark place in order to find what I was looking for in order to finally allow that little voice that has been saying that there’s more to this thing called life. The voice that has been saying that it’s time to actually focus on me, not give a fuck what anybody else thinks of choices I am going to make and to live life.
I have made choices. Big ones. Huge. And down the line I will be sharing the changed me. New me. New website. And I can’t wait.
Some changes have already been made and I have absolutely zero interest in sharing it online. None! And you know what, that makes it way more special because it’s for me. Even my training, which has been going better than it has at any point during the last 3 years, is for me. No more posts on IG. For me. Only. And that is something I think a lot of people are missing round about now. Passion, purpose and personal goals.
When will I be back on social? No idea at all but I do know it will be when I really want to and when I’m ready to share again. But this time, it will be on my terms.
Oh, on top of my regular training I have also started jogging in the morning hence the picture of Louis, my black pug, who joins me one morning a week.
I’ll be blogging on here for now, until my new website goes live, so if you want to stay in touch and up to date this is where you’ll find me. Not on the Gram.
Hope you’re all well.
And trust me, take a break from social.
It is… delightful.
Until next time.
G.
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