5 Reasons Why You Should Take a Social Media Break

A question for you: Do you remember what you used to do before social media took over our lives and took away hours of our time? Prior to Facebook being popular throughout the globe in 2008, you were probably devoting more of your time to activities such as reading, working out, or maybe even watching movies and listening to music. 

 

 

 

There was less need to keep up with other people’s lives back then, and FOMO wasn’t even a legitimate dread back in those days. Following this, additional social media websites began to appear. After more than a decade, social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram have evolved into the ultimate diversions that have taken over our lives.

 

 

 

The advent of social media has unquestionably fueled our insatiable need to share everything online and to learn about everyone and everything they have to say—no matter what it is that they have to say. For some, it has resulted in beneficial outcomes such as meeting new people and being able to participate in significant social concerns, while for others it has resulted in sadness, social isolation, and even body image problems. Having a sensation of FOMO is unavoidable when we observe everyone else leading more exciting lives than we are. 

 

 

However, what we fail to comprehend is that these well staged illusions of high society represent just a part of the reality about the other person.

Taking a break from social media has never been associated with any negative consequences. If you decide to detox from social media, some people may raise their eyebrows at you and think you’re utterly insane. Perhaps their first inquiry is, “How will you know what’s going on in your surroundings?” Because we don’t really need to know everything, we can get away with it (which is, basically, the whole reason you should detox in the first place).

 

 

 

The following are some reasons why you might consider taking a digital detox from social media if you are still debating whether it is worthwhile to do so:

 

 

 

1. It gives the impression that you don’t have enough time to complete your tasks.

The feeling that there isn’t enough time to complete the task at hand is one that we have all experienced at some point in our lives. In spite of the fact that we have spent so much time hunched over our cellphones, checking out what our pals are up to, it is nearly always the case. 

 

 

To be quite honest, it is not totally your fault. Several social networking applications were created with the intention of becoming addicted. As a result, you will not have the impression that you have spent an excessive amount of time looking through your newsfeed.

 

 

 

You’ve learned to pay greater attention to other people as a result of this experience.

People are constantly updating their social media accounts with news of their accomplishments, vacations, and fun activities that they have attended or are planning to participate in. The fact that we are accustomed to only exhibit the positive aspects of our life makes it difficult to hold them responsible. 

 

The opposite is true when we observe other individuals doing it; we are more likely to experience a pang of envy or disappointment. People who spend a significant amount of time on social media have been shown to have lower self-esteem and higher levels of worry, according to research.

 

 

 

As a result of only seeing the beautiful but filtered reality of other people, and as a result of only seeing the awful realities of our own life on a daily basis, it’s not unexpected that we feel sorry for ourselves. It has become more important for us to concentrate on other people’s advancement, rather than our own. As a result, we do not all advance at the same pace; tragically enough, social media cannot teach us how to grow together.

 

 

 

 

Three, it causes you to lose sight of your objectives.

With hundreds of pieces of information being sent to us on social media every day (a mix of false news, true news, and the boring posts of others), it is easy to get sidetracked from the things that we need to be concentrating on in the first place.

 

 

 

We lay out our objectives since they are the things that we consider to be our most important concerns in life. Anything that diverts our attention away from our job, whether it is social media or not, is a distraction that will not help us achieve our objectives. –

Our limits are being violated.

 

Anyone who visits our accounts will be able to read everything we have posted about ourselves, which means we are putting ourselves under scrutiny. When we spend an excessive amount of time on social media, we risk having our personal spaces invaded by negativity and toxicity. We may develop better boundaries by taking vacations from social media. Take heed: We have complete power over who we let into our lives, as well as what we share from our lives.

 

 

 

4.Your primary means of socialization has shifted to it.

Social media, to be sure, has provided us with the ease of texting, video calling, and meeting new people through the internet. However, we are not exaggerating when we suggest that it has also led us to feel that they are sufficient to maintain connections with others. Any relationship requires more than simply a few phone calls and chit-chats here and then. It is possible that these encounters may be shallow and that we would feel more alone than we really are.

 

 

 

 

5.You’ve lost sight of the pleasures of solitude as a result of this experience.

When you suddenly feel the urge to open your social media timelines to see what other people are up to, you will know that you are not at ease with your own thoughts. There’s nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but when it becomes something that keeps us from taking care of our real-life selves, it becomes more of an unhealthy habit.

 

 

 

The fact is that social media, when utilized to share ideas and views with our loved ones, can be a wonderful tool for us. The fact is that technology has become a greater distraction from the things that really important in our lives, such as our productivity, relationships and mental well-being.

For all of these problems, digital detoxification is the solution. 

 

 

 

Limiting the amount of time we spend scrolling through our timelines and feeds would free up more time for us to spend with ourselves, with other people, and with the things that actually make us smile. As previously said, social media accounts for just a tiny portion of our total life on the Internet. In fact, you are now standing on the edge of a whole world worth investigating. The only thing you have to do is put your phone down, look up, and get to work.