It's Easier Then You Think

In “The Creative Habit” on pages 26 and 27 I did the exercise give me one week without. So I wanted to put self to a challenge and see what I can go without. I decided to go without any kind of social networks. For instance, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I can say I am addicted to my phone because I am always on it especially since it is an iPhone I use all the social networking apps. I don’t like to be out of the loop. I need to see every post on Facebook, read ever tweet on Twitter, and I cannot miss a single picture on Instagram. My social networking use has got to the point that I went over my phone data plan use. So reading this exercise I thought it was a perfect challenge to try. I love challenges and I was more then up to it. So Sunday morning I deleted each and every single social networking app. It has not been a full week yet but this has been more then challenging. I noticed that I am off my phone less. My phone battery actually last longer. And I am not worried about my phone as much I use to be. I don’t know why I let social networking run my life. Social networking sometimes causes unwanted drama that is not needed. It has its flaws and I am noticing that now since I have been off this past weeks. You worry more about what people think about you for example instagram the reason you put a picture up is to get likes. On twitter you worry about how many followers you have, if your tweet has been getting retweeted about someone. Facebook with how many friends you have. What happened to don’t care about what others think of you? These social networks are causing people to being less realistic and people talk more through that but when they see someone in person they can go without exchanging a word. I loved the fact that I decided to do this exercise.