Y'all ever think we are proving something to other people? I came across this question the other day. Who would you be if you weren't proving things to anyone, even yourself? When I went on my detox journey from social media I was trying to prove to myself that I could get off of it. My only problem being on it was that I was worried about what other people would think. But I would read through these reddit posts about how happy people were off social media and how bad it was for them. My therapist even said if it's giving me anxiety I needed to leave. But it was really that I wasn't filtering out the information and balancing it with spending time with myself. I figured out I can spend my time however I wanted to spend it, it's my life. I was letting other people's opinions run me. Posting then v. Now:Back then I used to post for other people. I had to detox to really get my head together. I used to think i was wasting my time. That social media was keeping me from living my life. That's so cliche. I was taking it too personal. When I made it less about me and more about my hobbies…when I stopped posting personal s**t and keeping it surface level…when I realized that the internet wasn't a real place…I finally found a healthy relationship with social media and time. I talk about it here in my podcast.

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