It was march 22nd of 2017.
It was just another Wednesday when my alarm woke me up at 5:45am, I reached for my phone to snooze the alarm. I did, for a total of 3 times.
6:00am. I need to get up and get ready for work, but first let me check in on Instagram and see what’s new. What’s going on in the world and did I get any comments, likes on my post from last night. Scrolling through my feed, now I’m looking at hashtags that I haven’t even planned on checking out.
6:15am. I really need to get out of bed and get ready for work. But wait, let me check out Nike’s page. I think I saw a shirt that I really wanted to get from their last post.
6:30am. And I know I’ll be running late if I don’t zoom out of bed and run like a maniac to get ready.
7:00am. I kiss my husband goodbye and hit the road to work. Phew, finally made it in my car.
I drive down my street and get to the very first stop light. It’s ALWAYS RED for me, I never get a green light. I hate this light because I have to stand here for days. Well, while I’m waiting I’ll check in on Instagram and see what else is new. Scroll through my feed for a total of 2 minutes, and now the light is green. Yesss!! I can go peacefully on my way to work.
I hit one more light before I get on the freeway and it’s red, but this one should be fast. Wait, let me check my feed, I saw a friend posting pictures from her baby shower. Those were really cute, I need check all of them out. Crap!! It’’s a green light now.. I wonder why that light turned green so fast. I couldn’t stood there for a few more minutes, those pictures were really cute.
7:27am, I’m at work. Great! 3 minutes early, I gotta go back to those pictures.
7:30am, oh it’s time to go in and start my day.
12:00pm. It’s lunch time and I’m so anxious to see what’s new on my feed. I’m going to eat my lunch and hop back on Instagram and check out my feed. I know there’s something new and exciting for me to see.
Oh, I wonder my cousin isn’t in class, that’s a beautiful picture of her campus. I need to go check out her campus. I love all the trees and the serenity in that picture of her campus. Must be nice studying there all day.
12:25pm, I’m all done with my food but let me catch on up the raw food gal that posts every single day of her recipes. Oh hmm.. That one does look really easy and looks like it’s going to be full of flavor. I need check out her other posts. Now I’m looking at all of the other raw food pages that I’m not even following. Need to follow that person, and that person.. Oh who’s this?? I love their page.
12:35pm, I need to get back to work.
4:00pm. My mom called and asked me to come by after work. I get to mom’s house and I know there’s something waiting for me on Instagram. Mom made an amazing meal. I gotta snap, and post it on my feed. Wait, I gotta edit it real quick, lighten up the photo.. Hmm that one didn’t have good lighting. Need to redo the picture. Okay, now it’s good, posted, it’s live for the world to see. Bam bam shaboom!
Ahhh.. yes.. Mom what were saying?
Wait.. someone commenting on the picture.. Oh mom! They are asking for your recipe. That’s sweet of them.
6:17pm. I hit the road to go home. On the way home I remembered I need to get to Target and pick up some paper towels. That’s right.. We’ve been out of them for 3 weeks now. Fine, I’ll go now.
6:27pm. My head down the entire time walking to Target, in Target and grabbing the paper towels. As if I can do this all in my sleep. Like a robot. Look!! More likes on my recent post of my mom’s meal. Good. I’m glad they’re loving it. Standing in line, still on my phone. There’s new posts everywhere I look!!
7:07pm. I’m at home. That list of to do list welcomes me in my kitchen. It’s been hanging there for 3 months. I should get to it, it’s getting old and rusty and nothing has been done on the list. Wait, hubby is home and eating dinner. I should catch up with him and see how his day went.
Sat at the dinner table next to him to conversate.. But just a few minutes goes by and I remembered I need to reply to the comment for my friend who was asking for my mom’s recipe. Need to smile and nod and agree to everything that hubby is saying. I’m definitely not engaging in his conversation and I just need to post the reply and I’ll be fully present.
7:38pm. He’s left the table. I’m still on my feed, now browsing at a fitness gal who I follow. She posts some awesome workout videos every single day.I really do need to start working out one of these days.. It’s been too long and I’m not feeling fit. She’s traveling to the Carribeans and she’s posting videos on her Instagram story. Wow, that place looks amazing. Now I’m sifting through #caribbeans to see how beautiful it is. Need to put that down on my bucket list.
8:25pm. Crap! It’s almost time to wrap up my day and get ready for work. I really don’t have time to do anything on that to-do list. I look at the list one more time, and tell myself: the garage cleanup will take too much time, plus it’s late and dark outside. Can’t declutter the spare rooms, there’s just way too much junk there. I don’t know where to start. Kitchen will need to wait till next weekend, there’s a lot to tidy up. Scan all my 1,000 pictures, well that is for sure going to take forever!
8:30pm. I start getting my lunch ready for work for the next day.
8:32pm. Back on Instagram, someone else posted a comment on my post from earlier today. Standing in the kitchen with a knife in my hand and replying to a comment on my phone with another hand.
8:41pm. Oh that’s right, I gotta start chopping up my food.
8:57pm. I wonder how that vegan gal I’m following is doing. She mentioned that her kids were sick and was taking them to the hospital. Need to check in and see if her kids are okay.
9:22pm. I need to get back to making my lunch for tomorrow.
9:24pm. Reaching for my phone again. Just to look at Instagram one more time.
9:52pm. All done with my preparing my meal and the dishes.
10:02pm. Brushed my teeth and washed my face. Ready to call it a day and roll into bed. What a great productive day!
10:03pm. In bed, but first need to check my Instagram feed. I’m sure there’s something new for my soul. I really need to read the Bible though. It’s been a while. Well, it’s getting really late so I should put my alarm clock on a little extra early for tomorrow and read the Bible.
10:27pm. Still scrolling through my feed. Reading transformation stories about how people lost tons of weight. Those are amazing stories and inspiring. They are so brave to share that with the world.
10:32pm. Phone goes on airplane mode and I knock out.
Does this day sound too familiar to you?
In this day alone I spent 3.6 hours on social media. The time goes by so fast when you go in “just to check in and see what’s new.”
On average humans spend 5 years on social media.
What can you possibly do within 5 years of your life? Lots of things! Start a new career, go back to school, start a garden, get back into shape, run a few marathons, bike, hike, start clubs, become a speaker, and start accomplishing those dreams on your list.
Social media is distracting us from our loved ones, our kids, and deteriorating our relationships.
Social media doesn’t do anything positive to our lives. The “private Facebook groups” are disconnecting us to the human interactions, where we truly grow.
We are too stressed, anxious and never have enough time to do anything in our lives.
The good thing is I’m developing a course! In this course I will share my story of how I was able to get rid of social media, all my 3 years worth of posts and was able to accomplish so much in my life.
I was able to pay off debt, start a very successful blog, and most of all regain my relationships with my hubby, family and friends.
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