- #I decided to take a break from social media full#
- #I decided to take a break from social media free#
But I don’t want to go back to my old routine, the new one is so much better. It’s nice to finally see “that picture that Ryan tagged me in”. What’s my plan now? Well, I’m back on social media. Look, there’s us fighting with swords that we won for our 1st and 2nd place finishes… in our age group. This month, I competed in a couple of 5Ks and even won some trophies. In some ways, I live for it (April 2012, I ran 3 miles every single day for the entire month). Running has been a passion of mine for years. Would I have made the same friends and started a new relationship if I was still on social media? Part of me can’t help but think that the mystery of not knowing all the gory details that Facebook provides made them more intriguing to me. I built stronger friendships and forged a couple of new ones, including a relationship. It’s amazing how much you have to talk about when you don’t have a constant plug into their life. Not knowing what your friends are doing every second is liberating. Doing it for a short interval is perfect and even in spurts I find it incredibly beneficial, it clears my head and opens me up for the day. Meditating was one of those things that sounded good in theory, but was always difficult for me to keep up with. Once I’m up, I immediately make breakfast, drink Yerba Mate (with a bombilla), and meditate outside for 5 or 10 minutes before updating my journal. I’m lucky enough to be able to wake up when my body tells me to, usually around 9 or 10, so I’m always well rested. With two huge voids, it was time for a revamp. My old morning routine: wake up, check facebook, check twitter. Right now I’m wrapping up Chapter 4 and the book will be released on July 1st. The feedback was incredible, thousands of people signed up and hundreds were so excited that they pre-purchased it to get access to daily updates. I created a landing page and rolled the dice. My concept, scaling php applications, is for a unique book, which I’m qualified to write, but didn’t know if it would be interesting to others. I totally pulled a Tim Ferriss and advertised a book without having written a single word.
Forcing yourself to come up with 30 new ideas every morning leads to some good ones bubbling up to the surface once in awhile. James Altucher talks about writing down ideas everyday, so that’s what I started doing. I sat down and tried to figure out what creating value in my life really meant, and had a difficult time with it.
You have to flex the muscle to keep it strong. And I’m getting better at crafting words and articulating myself because of it. I have over 20 blog posts drafted that I’m working on tweaking to perfection. I’ve written more words in the past 30 days than I have in my entire life- well, maybe besides that year I took AP English.
#I decided to take a break from social media free#
With a mind free to wander and explore, I started to create things, to make moves, rather than suck down a never ending stream of information. Hey, did you see the picture Ryan tagged you in. I still missed Facebook, mostly because it came up in conversation all of the time. I missed my constant entertainment from Twitter.
#I decided to take a break from social media full#
The first couple of days were full of withdrawl symptoms- I’d open a new tab in Chrome and start typing without even thinking about it. So, full disclosure- I briefly used Facebook and Twitter 5 times during my haitus to pimp blog posts, and I’m okay with that, because it was for the sole purpose of sharing value (and getting more pageviews, duh). My goal for giving up social media was to create more value in my life, quit hoarding information, and appreciate the time that I spent with friends.
Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Hacker News were all on my blacklist, well- sort of. Well, here I am, reporting that I’m still alive and that the past month has been life changing- the most successful month of my existence. How 30 days without Social Media changed my lifeģ0 days ago, I made the decision to give up social media for a month.
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