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Is it possible to survive without social media?
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
Where energy goes it definitely flows, being true to one’s objective and maintain a solid focus on the prize. Instagram was my focus point; I was more concern with everything going in everybody life except my own.
Procrastinating on vital thing on hand that needed to get done, I would tell myself that I was just going to do a quick browse here and there, but instead turn into hours of scrolling.
I knew this was wrong and didn’t like the way it was going. I was not even an active poster, posted a few pictures sporadically. I was more active in celebrity fashion trends, latest gossips and whatever the order of the day on Instagram was.
The fact that I didn’t care for likes and was not interested in attention or validation, and was not even an influencer, however that did not keep me off. Keeping up with Instagram was my new reality show I created. I literally was setting myself up for failure and self sabotaging, lacking task commitment and not adhering to deadlines set. The worst of all was the comparison syndrome I developed, not realizing no one was posting pictures of their failures and setbacks.
