Experiment — cold turkey social media? Not quite, but practice

Found myself thinking (YET AGAIN): what would I do with my free time if I wasn’t on social media?

1. Read
2. Meditate
3. Crafts
4. Write
5. Sleep
6. Walk
7. Work more efficiently

All things I say I want to do more of! So I deleted all Meta apps plus Reddit plus Pinterest (hardly used) off phone and iPad. Went to sleep easier. And in morning, I was happy not to reach for phone and “catch up.”

So let’s see if I can go a full week. I still have BlueSky and blogger and messenger and NYT games time-suck games at BGA. And I still have FB on computer but I don't use it as much as phone. At least I could type easier on there!

I finished listening to a book as I went to sleep instead of scrolling!

DAY 1/2: so far so good

DAY 2 report: I’ve gone to sleep easier last 2 nights (tho’ that could be having made big decision on Mon). I’ve finished an audio book and started another. I’d fallen out of reading habit a few months ago (see again; general stress). Also meditated each day. #Lifeisgood

DAY 6: I downloaded Instagram a couple days later — I missed posting photos! And I downloaded FB onto phone on day 5 to check something but then re-deleted. Today I downloaded FB into iPad. So not quite cold turkey. But certainly cut back a little. Will try again in a few days. Deleting for a few days at a time is good. Better than nothing.