Scaling back on social media

A snowy pine tree forest with a grey sky and the text Scaling back on social media

I spend far too much time on social media, particularly Facebook and Instagram. As of today, I've decided to scale way back on both. 

In the past, I've occasionally taken a day off of social media here and there, but haven't taken a break of longer than a full day. I have challenged myself to stay off of my personal Facebook and Instagram accounts through Thanksgiving day in the United States. I am allowing myself to still read direct messages and to take part in a specific Facebook group that I'm in with a tiny group of long-term friends. Beyond that, the only times I plan to use Facebook and Instagram will be to post to business related accounts -- and I plan to batch and schedule those.

Today, I took the following steps towards scaling back my social media use and consumption:
  • Decided on a timeframe: through Thanksgiving day
  • Personal account posts: posted that I am taking a social media break
  • Business related accounts: I will batch and schedule posts related to business/work on the respective accounts
  • Set some rules: I will still periodically check direct messages and will still participate in my small friend group
  • Turned off ALL notifications
  • Unfollowed a lot of accounts
  • Moved the icons off of my phone's home screen so it's harder to get to them and I won't see them every time I unlock my phone
I'm hoping to reclaim time that I waste just scrolling and looking at a lot of stuff I don't really care about and that don't serve me or my goals in any way. 

Less social media = more focus for other areas of life!

~ Malea

Links to social media accounts:
  • I decided to not share any links to social media here! 

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