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WHY I Deleted Social Media As A Millennial · The Spirit Nomad: Spiritual Awakening + Life Purpose

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  Welcome to the spirit, Nomad the podcast, for learning, how to
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  step into your purpose. Raise your vibrations, and
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  manifest your dream life before we dive in.
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  Remember that you can find the video version of this episode,
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  and many more on the spirit Nomad YouTube channel.
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  Now here's your host, Julia London.
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  Six months ago, I did a social media detox for a month where I
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  Said, Instagram, Facebook Tick, Tock and Twitter for my phone,
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  and I love it so much. My life was never the same as I
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  did that. So I decided to do it
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  permanently and in this video I will share the results.
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  Why? I decided to delete the apps and
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  how you can go about doing this yourself.
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  Now, the first reason why I decided to quit social media is
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  that I wasn't present in the moment.
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  Now, a few years ago, I was traveling the world as As a
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  nomad and my life looked perfect.
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  On the outside people were scrolling my feeds, I was
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  getting the likes, I was getting the shares but it took so much
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  work to get a good picture. I remember being on Machu Picchu
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  and I had looked forward to that moment, my whole life but then
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  the whole day I was just chasing strangers.
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  Asking them to take a picture of me and I got so frustrated when
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  the only took a few and laughed because as you know it takes
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  around hundred pictures to get one, really good one.
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  At least, for me, it's He's like the dub watching coming out or
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  I'm linking and I never want to spoil the press and I like a
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  perfect moment in my life like that ever again.
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  Just so I can get a few likes on social media and I realized how
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  bad this social media culture is when I came to Bali two years
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  ago and I was in nusa penida and Island and there's this
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  Viewpoint that is super famous and Instagram and it was a queue
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  and it took me I think one hour or more until I was at a
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  viewpoint. Point and people are arguing
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  trying to cut forward in the queue, everything to get those
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  likes and it's just mind-blowing to me because this whole island
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  was beautiful, but everyone just wants to get that one spot and
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  stand in an hour wasting their day, just so they could get
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  those likes. And then I realized like, what
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  am I doing here? Why am I waiting an hour in this
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  line being stressed out getting a sunburn just so I can get some
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  likes on a photo reason. Number two, why I deleted my
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  social media. It's because I was comparing
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  myself to others and I care way too much about what other people
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  think of me. Then I should, I was, what?
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  People might call an Instagram model, I was traveling around
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  the world, taking photos of myself, in different locations
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  and looking back, I had a really good body back then.
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  Now with a quarantine, I've gained a few pounds but back
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  then I felt like I was ugly. I felt I was comparing myself to
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  all these other Instagram models, who have Had bigger,
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  boobs, bigger ass. Slimmer than me.
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  They had a thigh gaps. I didn't have the thigh gap and
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  these models. I was jealous of they were in
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  turn comparing themselves to other models for someone
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  gorgeous. German model, I was following.
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  She got a boob job because she didn't feel like she was
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  beautiful enough. Like this is crazy.
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  So, even Instagram models feel like they are not good looking
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  enough and it's really toxic, I think it's really toxic.
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  So I really felt I needed to take a step back from that
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  reason. Number three why I decided to
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  quit social media is because these social media companies are
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  not very ethical when you download a Facebook app or
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  Instagram, look through which permissions you are giving away.
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  They want to access to everything everything about you.
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  It's really creepy and it's gotten worse over the last year.
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  Not only does this means that they can sell these data to
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  companies. So you are in fact, a product.
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  But this also means that they can spy on you and marks.
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  Convert could literally read your DMs. It's not just between
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  you and the other party, especially, if you are a light
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  worker and you sharing as sensitive or or controversial
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  topics with the world, you can get bad and it could even be a
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  threat to you. I feel privacy is a human right?
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  And I don't think anyone has a right to spy on that and that is
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  one reason why I just did not feel good being on social media.
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  Right now, reason number four is that social media is Time Thief
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  heh. You ever gone into your phone's
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  screen time. I think it's called, it's quite
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  scary to see. Like, how much time you're
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  spending on different, social medias?
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  I used to be spending three hours.
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  I all social media, every single day, when when I'm on my
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  deathbed, looking back on my life, I will not remember those
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  three hours per day scrolling through my Instagram and
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  Facebook feeds know. It will be the experiences that
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  I had at the things. I build the connections.
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  I made. Reason number five is the
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  political bias. And censorship ass.
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  You definitely must have noticed the last year or so, is that
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  channels are being taken out taking away?
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  That is, there are controversial.
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  That is not with the mainstream narrative.
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  Everything that is not the mainstream narrative, gets shut
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  down band or did monetized and they've also introduced
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  fact-checkers to make sure that everyone is just listening to
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  them. Mainstream media narrative.
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  Blindly don't think for themselves, you might see a
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  little pop-up there. Boy, if someone mentions the V
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  or the virus, there will be a little pop up down below saying
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  for the correct information check here.
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  And I feel like it's really, really scary because it's taking
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  away our freedom of speech. When we lose freedom of speech,
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  we're no better than communist countries, right?
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  That is what it is. Controlling speech, controlling
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  the narrative. They became really painful for
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  me to see and I didn't want to support that and then reason
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  number 6. Why I deleted my social media
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  apps is because I I felt lonely. So especially watching the
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  Instagram stories. I used to be the one being a
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  traveling around having all these experiences, but then once
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  UK, shut down and my friends back home in Sweden, are they
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  were still able to do everything live life normally during this
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  crisis, it was really hard to see.
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  They were having parties as normal.
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  They were going on skiing holidays in beautiful North
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  Sweden. I just felt major fomo.
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  And here, I was Was just alone with my with my boyfriend, here
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  in the UK doing nothing for a year.
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  It just made me feel miserable. And the thing is, I actually
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  really like being alone but seeing everyone enjoying their
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  life. So much when I'm just stuck
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  here, doing nothing except working.
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  It made me compare myself to other people which can become
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  quite oxic. So, it's now been around six
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  months. Since I deleted, my social media
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  apps, my life has literally not been the same.
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  I feel so much more present when I do go on Eat ribs here.
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  And there a few sample, I went on a camping trip in the Autumn
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  last year before lockdown, and it was just so nice to not have
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  to prove myself to other people to be able to just be in the
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  moment and enjoy that experience.
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  And not having to be like, oh, I need to get the stories to show
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  everyone. How perfect my life is?
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  Yeah, it was just an intimate moment with my boyfriend in in
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  nature, enjoying the wildlife cooking together and it's
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  beautiful. And I don't think I could go
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  back to how it was spending. An hour's taking photos from
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  different angles. Every time I travel where are
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  outside the house, I feel happy now without validation, when I
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  do take a photo is for my own memories.
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  I don't care how I look in that photo, it's just so I can
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  memorize this beautiful moments, and I don't need any filters or
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  anything like that. I'm also saving three hours per
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  day now that I'm not spending on social media.
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  I'm so, I have been taking time to read a lot.
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  Reading is one of my favorite activities to do.
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  I have a long morning routine, Where I'm going for nature walks
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  and meditating exercising every day.
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  It's just it's just wonderful. My mornings are so much more
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  peaceful. I used to wake up and just go
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  straight to Instagram. See how many new likes and
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  followers? I had now.
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  I don't even have any of those apps so I can't do that.
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  I just wake up with an immense gratitude to be here on Earth
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  right now and and I take my time, making my breakfast.
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  It's a slower pace of life and I love that.
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  I love how more isn't grateful. I feel for my life.
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  Without any comparison with other people.
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  I've also been able to get so much more work done as an
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  entrepreneur, I've really been able to step into my mission and
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  also this extra space that I created for myself has really
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  allowed me to go inwards and think about what it is.
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  I want to share with the world. What is what are the next
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  products they want to create to help people?
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  Another huge benefit? Is that?
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  I feel I have so much more control over my life.
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  I used to constantly be checking my Instagram messages, my DMs
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  and I Deleted WhatsApp, and the messenger app as well, since
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  because of privacy reasons before I delete them, people
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  were able to call me 24/7. And when I delete them, people
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  couldn't do that anymore. So now when I want have a call
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  with someone, I reached out to them, or if someone wants to
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  talk to me, we booked in a call during a time when I'm
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  available. And when I want to talk to them,
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  time is the most valuable currency.
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  We have just limited in this lifetime.
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  If you're constantly just replying to messages to getting
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  phone calls Swept Away here and There, it's hard to really get
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  into your mission and enjoy your life I think.
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  And then of course, another huge benefit is.
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  I've so much less screen time. Now I'm so much less attached to
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  my phone. I just use it to listen to
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  Spotify mostly have some Bank apps.
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  He's like that. I actually took it one step
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  further and I had a newest iPhone and I downgraded to the
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  oldest, Google pixel phone, and that has helped me a lot with
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  getting rid of my phone addiction.
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  So, if you want to limit or cut out social From your life.
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  What should you do with our different levels?
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  You can go to. If you don't want to get rid of
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  social media, one option is just to remove the notifications from
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  your phone, so that you will be less inclined to open your
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  phone. Every time you hear a
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  notification, the level above that is to just remove the apps
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  from your phone. So the Instagram app Facebook
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  app. And this is what I decided to do
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  because then Facebook and these Tech Titans have less
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  information about me. There's less permissions if I'm
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  just using the desktop. Versions and I didn't want to go
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  cold turkey and delete the social media completely the
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  counts. As I am a concentrator that is
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  my business model and in the future, I might want my virtual
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  assistant for sample to post for me there.
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  So, that's one option. This is also a good option for
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  you. If you just want to do a shorter
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  detox or you're not sure if you want to get rid of social media
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  forever and the next level, and the highest level is to just
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  remove the accounts completely. That's what I did for Twitter
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  and Linkedin. I feel like that you were adding
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  any type of value in my life other than stress and they would
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  also not be useful for my business is something that
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  spiritual Niche. This is a good option for you.
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  If you don't have a business involving content creation, or
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  you feel real, really addicted to social media that it's like
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  really taking over your life. And you don't want any option to
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  be able to go back then, simply remove the accounts and delete
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  the data. I feel social media can be
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  really entertaining and it's a good way to stay in contact with
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  friends, but there are other ways for entertainment, for
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  example, YouTube, I know that could come and as a social
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  media, but for me, I have a very healthy relationship with
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  YouTube. I used to Moroso self-growth
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  tool, I look at videos about minimalism spiritual videos,
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  channelings, the positives, far outweigh, the negatives with
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  YouTube. And when it comes to staying in
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  touch with friends, you can use more privacy focused platforms
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  like signal or telegram where it's encrypted.
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  So that these Tech Giants, can spy on you.
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  There will I go back to social media in the future, Maybe?
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  At the moment, I'm just busy enjoying my life.
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  I've been present and of comparing myself to other
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  people, so I'm not in a while. Now, I'd love to hear your
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  opinion about social media, how it affects your life.
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  Are you going to delete social media or just limit?
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  Its use, let me know in the comments.
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