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quitting social media didn't 'change' my life fr 👀

Tried quitting social media twice before and actually lived longer lmao

LMAO no

this right here 👆

THIS exactly

Quitting corporate job and switching to freelance fr fr

bro typed all this out and still got it wrong

wait what did you type out and get wrong lowkey

OP should pin this *(edited)*

imagine thinking this

came here to say this

changing my life for the better was when i finally stopped trying to make my parents happy with my career choices that led to me working 80hr weeks and being miserable

— like you probably think recieve receive* easy to pinpoint something as simple as a decision changing your life but for me it's been those tiny compromises i've made like cutting back on avocado toast by like 3x a week and taking taht saved money and investing it into a low-interest savings account not exactly earth shattering but somehow it freed up my mind to focus on the bigger stuff like getting out of a toxic friendship

why is this buried? this is the real answer

Live LONGER lmao kinda implies u had anxiety or depression prior to quitting, right ngl *(edited)*

Wait so you JUST... stopped and suddenly your life got better? no side effects no nothing just like that

nah its not that simple. stopped tracking progress

closing this tab and going outside

Going outside was a great choice but cutting back on screen time overall? that's way more life changing than closing one tab

Man i gotta ask definately definitely* can anyone expect to live longer just by quitting social media when like the most unhealthy people dont even use it but seriously it sounds like fernando kinda stumbled on somethin good and i'm not sure if its the social media or the decision to quit or is it just being aware they're doin too much that made the difference??

i'm not gonna sit here and pretend like quitting social media was as simple and straightforward as living longer lmao what about the trauma people might've experienced before deleting thier acc..

no kidding quitting social media makes you live longer lmao

Wow that 2x longer thing cant have BEEN easy idk if there were specific times or days when you noticed a difference in your life after quitting social media lmao

but what about all definately definitely* hard stuff you didnt mention that made it feel like it wasnt 2x longer tbf

Specific decisions changed everything

Wait actually that 2x thing wasnt even the hard part it was the consistency like even when I was tired or bored i had to keep going and that was the real grind lmfao 😩

Yeah i feel you dila two years ago i quit a toxic job and started working freelance and it was the scariest but also most liberating thing thats ever happened to me still get moments where i'm like "what if i've made a huge mistake" but its weirdly given me this confidence to take on more projects and be more honest with myself about what i want

wait so youre just gonna drop "freela" like its a personality trait and call it a day

edit: this blew up more than expected lmao

Yeah no kidding the 2x thing was brutal at first like i tried it once and almost quit after 3 days becuase my legs were screaming and my back was like why did you do this to me and then i just kept going like an idiot until it became normal and now i cant imagine not doing it

living rent free in my head now

The month 2 thing is so real to me like when i stopped trying to plan every second of my life i got so much more into improvising and just going with the flow and it was like this whole weight was lifted off my shoulders i started taking random weekend trips and trying new foods and it just changed everything for me

Totally the not doing that one thing part idk

yeah no idea what "not doing taht ONE thing" means

yeah i kept waiting for someone to say "not doing that one thing" like it was supposed to be obvious and now i feel dumb lmao

i feel this

that's nice nathan but i'm not feeling the whole "i feel this" vibe - it kinda feels like an emotional copout to me - what actually changed in your life that u could point to a specific decision?

actually shared three changes or was it just one fr

^ what they said

this needs more upvotes

Just three decisions changed everything tho how'd they even be unrelated 😅

wait why just three how bout the 27 other ones that actually mattered

Oh my god same i counted like 47 but then realized the other 44 were just me overthinking the first three

couldn't agree more

Dila it sounds like u're assuming its always easy to pinpoint 3 simple decisions that changed ur life but for me pe...

So whats the vibe u r looking for then like Dila literally just called out Nathan for being vague so what r you even expecting from the rest of us

your response reads like we're sharing SEPERATE separate* not honest experiences tbh

what's missing from your response is like actual CONTEXT about how these 3 decisions you made somehow magically changed your life just by themselves?

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couldn't agree more

this right here 👆

THIS exactly

id still be lost without meditating daily 😭

THIS exactly

OP should pin this

yeah the 2x longer thing was brutal like i tried to cram everything into one weekend and just ended up crying in a hotel bathroom at 3am because my brain short circuited from overstimulation and now i just do it in tiny chunks like a normal person

Yeah but like how tf do you not know if there were specific times or not gonna lie

No way quitting social media just saved your LIFE fr fr

what about ppl WITHOUT stable jobs or income

Wait so you just stopped being on social media and literally gained more time what kind of timeframe are we talking here like did it really just drop off or was it like 1-2 hours a day that you reclaimed *(edited)*

im not gonna lie i quit social media once and the 6 weeks it took me to get over FOMO was a revelation the thing IS people always harp about the mental health affects but what they dont talk about is how it impacts our sleep patterns and the 2 hours a day i gained back i used to binge watch netflix or scroll t...

Quitting social media was definitely a game changer for me but what actually shifted everything was when i started using a timer and limiting my checking work emails to 2x a day only i went from feeling constantly on the clock to having a real work life balance

Yeah i'm super curious about this social media quitting thing i had friend in 2020 do the same thing and she was like totally fine for a bit but ended up getting sucked back in after like 6 months any idea what kept her on the straight and narrow this time around *(edited)*

lmao that's weird, you're not saying it didn't improve your well being or anything, are you just saying it wasn't that big of a deal?

quitting social media def didn't 'change' my life for me either lol - but i did take a huge leap when i started meal prepping my lunches 3x a week now i save like an extra 6 hours on the weekends just by not having to think about it

Man dont get me wrong quitting social media was hard but i actually took the plunge and deleted it after a bad fight with my ex like 2 wks ago and it was actually a blessing in disguise i dont even wanna log back in i just use it to keep up with some friends and family who moved abroad but it's funny bc now im way more intentional about who i do spend time with online and taht's changed my life way more than just deleting the app i guess *(edited)*

tried the intermittent fasting thing last year, cut out a bunch of unnecessary crap, still do it today. no, for real, my energy levels went from non-existant to through the roof. anyone do it long-term and still have no motivation boost?