Not Having Social Media Has Given Me A New Confidence!

Everywhere I go I see younger children, teenagers, and young adults snapping everything they do. My sister literally stays on Snapchat/IG so much that I do not enjoy her company because that’s ALL she does. I see people dying to post on Instagram. I see old people on Facebook 247. My mom can barely get though the door before she is on the computer looking at her newsfeed, for hours. Both of my grandparents are 70 and they both are on Facebook, and they comment on EVERYTHING, it is beyond annoying.My grandma has at least 50 repost a day, seriously. About 3 in half years ago I deleted my Instagram for many many reasons. I ended up deleting my Facebook this year, because it was just too many old people and all long post that were just to annoying to take anymore. The first reason I deleted my social media was because I was always stalking someone, wanting to see what they were up to, simply being nosey and accidently liking their pictures…. embarrassing. Secondly I would spend small increments on IG and I added up the small little IG breaks I would take, it ended up being hours I spent on social media. Thirdly I would compare my life to other peoples, some people I knew and others I never even met. I would compare my hair, weight, even my eyebrows to others. I started to feel insecure because I did not have certain things I saw on IG. I also would always look at celebrities ALL the time. I realized I did not need to be on social media. I literally would waste time comparing my life to others; I NO longer could do it anymore. I began to feel more secure after deleting Instagram. I also began to spend my time doing things to build my confidence. I no longer compare my life to other people. And once I deleted my social media I realized who my real friends were. I realized a lot of people only would text or call to be nosey. I think so many girls are so insecure because they are always comparing their lives to others on social media, and everyone on Facebook and IG want to be life coaches, but in real life their life sucks… I can’t. I am not saying everyone should go deleting his or her accounts on IG, Snap, ect. but don’t get caught up in comparing your life to other peoples, you will just begin to feel down on yourself, like I once did.

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