Thriving or Surviving

This post contains affiliate links towards the end. Any purchase made through such links may result in a commission to me, but at NO COST to you. Thank you in advance! My mental health has been suffering lately. I received a layoff notice at work on June 27th and my job was officially eliminated on August 27th. Throughout the two months in between, and the month and a half since then and when I am drafting this post, I've been stressed out, anxious, and depressed. I very quickly started to binge more social media content than is normal for me, but I also realized that even before these events, I was spending a lot more time on social media than is ideal.  You can learn more about my lay off journey on YouTube HERE . Early in September, I was scrolling on Instagram, mindlessly, and realized how dissatisfied I was with my time on social media, primarily Instagram and Facebook. I really don't use much else -- I dabble in YouTube and go to Pinterest for inspiration and recipes, but...

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 busin...