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so inspiring! i love your energy! ⭐️🧡

If you were to get a flip phone, I would love to see a video on that, if you would want to make one. Like, the process of buying one and adjusting to it. I have been really toying with the idea of getting a flip phone, but would love to see someone else’s opinion on it. Btw I love ur videos so much!! A lot of TH-camrs make such flashy content with bright colors, but I absolutely adore the simplicity of your videos. The info that you share is always so helpful and entertaining!! Keep up the good work Kara!!

Get the flip phone! I just got the Nokia flip phone and it comes with Maps! I had these kind of phones in high school so it's nostalgic for me. You will have to get used to the old way of texting using the number keys. I still have my smart phone for filming and I keep it in a drawer 99% of the time.

Hi Kara, did you tell people u were deleting social media?

ah live in a camper so you can avoid paying taxes and live cheap off your relatives.. typical of young people

I just deleted my social media form TikTok to Snapchat to Instagram and I only use Facebook for family and friends but it gets really boring. And youtube ❤for my favorite subscribers I follow

Ur video is encouraging me to take this challenge

I was on facebook 8 years ago, was addicted to news feed and it gave me a fake perception that my friends are closer than ever, which was wrong. I deleted it and never went back. I was skeptical about insta, but due to peer pressure, I had to use it. It is always fighting for my attention, building better recommendations, leaves you wanting it more. I watched social dilemma - a documentary on Netflix and I have just recently decided to uninstall it. I just check for messages sometimes, but I do not at all scroll feed and reels. It feels great, I'm less anxious and more focused. I feel like I am in the present moment.

I love your dog

Hello, Kara. May I ask, did you delete the app or merely your account? I really want to get off social media but it keeps pulling me back.

I’m so glad I stumbled upon your channel while searching for reasons to quit SM. Your content has value and I like your authenticity with the background noises, the lack of unnecessary editing effects and the simplicity of your thumbnails :)

Would love to see the difference when you get through thanks for sharing

Since I deleted Tiktok and Insta (never had snap/twitter/facebook), I feel so creative. Before I always had no ideas about, for example my sims households of something to draw , now I watch a documentation about birds and I have so many ideas about everything in my life 🫠 I always write them down and I Never really get bored cause I have so many things to do and to think about. Plus, since I deleted my socials, I don‘t feel pressured to draw the best things ever, I just do it for my own enjoyment- And it‘s not beautiful, definetly not, but I had fun to do it

This is no social media, this is a dog. Stop clicking on its nose.

TH-cam is social media

i got back on my bday to check out bday wishes and nobody remember. i found it very funny, nobody cares and thats ok

I recently deleted my socials (almost 2 months ago). It's been hard knowing that people you thought were your friends don't actually care about your life once they aren't interacting with it online every day. My birthday is coming up and I already know that most of these people aren't going to remember, which is a sad fact, but one that I already knew was going to happen when I decided to get off social media.

I'm also Gen Z and deleted all the main social media apps and I did that years ago. I have never gone back. It's not worth it to me.

The birthday thing hits hard. Mine was a couple days ago and I've been on and off Snapchat for years now, but recently I had been posting a couple times here and there and talking to a few friends frequently on there. Only one person on Snapchat told me happy birthday, I think more people would have if I had posted something saying it was my birthday because people almost feel forced to knowing you can see that they viewed your story. It's really eye-opening being off social media, how many people only talk to you when they have the convenience.

The most exhausting part is the fear of missing out. Seeing all the highlight reels of people going on mountains trips or vacations and it seems like EVERYONE is having fun and no one works. It's so terrible for your mental health.

This is great! I wish I did this when I was 20 years old, I'm convinced it would have made for a happier experience in my 20s. I'm 32 now and have made some really awesome friends via social media that transitioned over into real life friends, but the overall cons outweigh the pros of social media.

I'm Gen X. I grew up without the Internet. I can see changes in people since then. A few months ago I started powering my phone off when I leave my house. I live life in person like I used to. I feel free.

Let’s be friends! I have been off social media for 7 months and enjoy camping and outdoor activities :)

You missed out on not reading the shack. Girl get that book

I live in my parents 2001 sprinter camper! So neat to seem the camper simularities!

I'm 30 and I have been using Social Media for more than half of my life. The first Social Media platform I used was Piczo. That's where it all started. Social Media hurts my head. It's blurs my mind. I'm done with it. I'm glad you are too.

i will delete social media also slowly

I deleted facebook 1 year ago, twitter 4 years ago, snapchat 1 year ago, and I still have instagram but I haven't posted in 3 years. I still watch people's stories. I also unfollowed people that weren't serving me and I started following people that did. For example, I was interested in DIY stuff around the house and I started following people in that space. I still have TH-cam and I also made the decision of only watching people that I am subscribed to as well. I also unsubscribed from a lot youtubers that weren't serving me. I still go on instagram to keep up with music artists, and tour dates but even then, as of lately, I've made the decision to not go on any concerts just to save money (I was overspending on concert tickets). With instagram, however, I don't have the app on my phone. I log into it through safari. But I want to maybe delete safari off my phone and just have the google app and youtube app on my phone. I use youtube more for listening to podcasts and certain science-based youtubers about habits and what not. I still have youtube on my phone just for when I go on long walks or for drives. My strategy is to have my instagram account still be activated but no posting, no instagram through my safari (I'll find a way to delete safari from my phone). I'll only go on instagram through safari on my iMac which is at home. I want to do that on a bi-weekly basis. As for youtube, I'll only use it for long-form content or videos that are informative and are intellectual such as this one. If I ever get curious about something I can go take a class on it. For example, I went down the rabbit hole of watching a bunch of DIY videos but then I was like, "Why don't I just take a class at my local city college on painting/tiling/drywall?" Once I got good in that area, the need to watch playlists on how to renovate your home went away (I had a massive playlist).

Sounds like a great adventure!

if you pause your watch history on youtube, it will turn off your recommendations & your homepage will be empty (but the recommendations under videos are still there). this is how i stop myself from scrolling on youtube & especially shorts!

I feel like short form content has rotted my brain to the point where I could barely watch a TV show without picking up my phone. I deleted TikTok a few months ago and haven't looked back. I have started watching TV shows again and being able to actually pay attention. I also agree so much about how everything I saw on TikTok just felt like an ad. I see it way too much that I felt like I was being shoved something new to purchase and I didn't want to see that stuff anymore.

TH-cam is still social media..

Social media doesn't make you social, it's makes you isolated 🔐📲🚫

Why idolizing and thinking of others on social media when those people aren't even thinking of you

Being on social media is isolation

I'd highly recommend getting a flip phone. I have been using the CAT s22 flip for a month now and it has been great for limiting my phone time at work. It still has navigation, music, etc but really deters other use. I still have a wifi only smartphone that I have been using at home, my goal is to follow in your steps and delete socials/limit use entirely on that phone.

your dog is adorable ❤❤❤

you are 21 how can you saw "we have been working on this for A FEW YEARS"! what? you mean when you was a child?

That is very good! Finding the right balance can be difficult, but I hope that you find what works for you and have a wonderful life!

I enjoyed your video , tysm for sharing,

If you can't take the heat...... get outta the Kinchen! :P

Downside of a flip phone is no camera...

Why u having so many hate comments? 😂 U seem happier, keep going 🫶🏻 I quit social media too, its a blessing

I deleted instagram four years ago and it’s the best thing I could’ve done for my mental health

Why so sensitive?

Iam really happy to see a person passing with the same experience in passed I also deleted social media almost 3 months ago exactly at 25th march but i deleted all the social media platforms at 30th march and i passed with alot of things you've passed by like installing Snapchat again to check smth and i loved the watching edits. But definitely social media is a thing you need to delete cause deleting it makes you happy at your life with less people judging you and it restores your dopamine receptors and attention span and it makes your day just longer and it makes you so much productive so definitely people need to get rid of their fomo and delete their social media at least for a week!

I did this back in November of 2023. I redownloaded everything in March for a snap group chat and now I’m glued again… I’m 17 and it’s brutal but I have gained a lot of friends now that I have it again and I guess that is good. When you said ur birthday was May 19th it caught me so off guard because that’s mine too lol.

Kara, you are awesome. its motive me a lot. take love from Bangladesh

I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts months ago and I feel like I'm not missing anything 😁😁

You are aware that this is posting on social media? :)