I haven’t had social media since like 2014 and people have always called me weird but weird to me was these people wasting their life away on people who don’t even care about them. Proud of y’all !!! Focus on your life and building meaningful connections.
I think it is also important to remember that productive does not need to mean busy. With the extra time you have, productive could be resting, meditating, sleeping, cooking a nutritious homemade meal. Having more time on your hands doesn't mean you need to do or be more. That extra time could be time to just sit with yourself and exist. Sending love and light ❤
I deleted social media 3 years ago at 28 years old. Haven’t looked back. But let’s not act like we’re special and better than those who are on social media.
@@randomiz3er yes! I started reading harry potter, always wanted to so i thought now is the perfect time. I also like chrocheting so i decided to finish my old projects :)
Something that gets me to stay away from social media is imagining how I look, hunched over and scrolling like a zombie for HOURS. It makes me feel so embarrassed and will snap me out of falling into the temptation of redownloading and scrolling 😅
I replaced my screen time spent on social media with activities I used to enjoy, including reading, and rediscovered the love I had for it as a kid. I’ve already read 91 books this year, when I used to average maybe 10 per year before. I also feel less anxious, less angry, and better able to focus for long periods of time. It’s 100% worth making the change.
I’m 16 years old and deleted social media like a week ago. I used to be very addicted to it where my average screen time was +9 hours. I’m so proud of myself for deleting it as I have sooo much more free time, for me my whole life was just scrolling and scrolling all the time. Now I have time to get to know myself as a person and reading books about business or listening to podcasts about development and becoming the best version of myself. I’ve also started to sleep earlier at like 11pm which is a huge improvement from before where I’d stay up to 3am. So I really hope that I’ll be committed to this❤
I’m also 16 and I’m thinking about deleting everything to focus on my studies cuz all of my teachers say I have good potential YK it’s just that I don’t put my mind in the work. And after a good time thinking about what’s stopping me from doing my best at school I found out it’s social media. So next Sunday I’m gonna delete all social media and whenever I’ll crave it,I’ll just go read a book or take a good nap. I also used to sleep early when I had no phone but now it’s always 3 or 4 am. It is really affecting my physical and mental health. I hope I’m gonna win this challenge. At least till school finishes.
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
Honestly, since I've been living alone my phone addiction got worse. Once you put your phone down, you realize how 'alone' you are and that's a scary feeling, so you try canceling the silence out by listening to and watching other people... All that aside, I'am so excited to delete my social media and just start focusing on real stuff
Same. I wanted to find a video that spoke exactly about leaving your phone and social media when living alone. I feel like if I had someone to talk to or lived with someone it would be soooo much easier
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
@@OK-xz7yu It's okay. You don't need to delete your social media. No one ask you to. They are not talk specifically to you. Some people need to delete it, some dont. I'm allergic to carots. Doctors keep talking about "Carrots is good for your health and you should eat carrots". They don't talk specifically to me who cant eat carrots.
I have the same issue but the thing is, no one texts me. Im just sitting there waiting for someone to text me and it feels like if I delete these platforms I won’t be able to reach out to them even though none of them are reaching out to me
It’s so nice to know they’re people around my age group who are also pretty tired of social media I’m 17 recently deleted social media for the last couple months and feel so better. It’s so important to actually just live and be in the moment and be with your thoughts it’s something that’s being so lost
Same i haven't had it for a week it's been hard but I'm glad i deleted it i need to focus on myself instead of worrying about what other people are doing and comparing myself to them really destroyed my mental health.
I deleted social media, graduated high school, and broke up with my boyfriend of almost 2 years all within the same month. This left me with an 10+ hours of time to do whatever I want, but I’m constantly asking myself ‘what the heck do I do with all of this time’ and it’s videos like these that help me. So thank you
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
@@OK-xz7yu there's another youtuber that made a video talking about this I could find him if you'd like he says that he only keeps social media on his computer so he can promote his stuff
@@OK-xz7yu That's one heck of a confusion I had too; I closed my room, sat down, and thought about it. Here's what I have concluded: Most people, have a personal account with a business account. Delete your personal account and the app, and use your business account on your laptop on Chrome (since Instagram on Chrome is far less attractive than the app). The problem of scrolling is stopped through this as well. It feels weird scrolling on a laptop. Dedicate that device to only the 'productivity device'. For watching YT or Netflix or anything really (for entertainment purposes) Use a smaller screen. Again it makes that activity less attractive, for informative purposes use YT on the laptop. It's all about making things that you want to do more attractive and making things that you don't want to do less attractive. And above all, it is about your will to do it.
Hello everyone! I’m 17, and I finally deleted Instagram today. I’ve deleted TikTok and Snapchat a few years ago, but I just felt like something was still distracting me, and now I’m looking forward to live peacefully and happy without it! By the way, I’m smiling as I see how many young people like us exist. Some of my friends never even had social media, and they somewhat inspired me to do it! :D
Deleted Insta and FB yesterday, honestly feels good, I'm only using TH-cam to watch some interesting videos to pass the time, then hop off and doing something else.
I turned 17 a week ago just realized that i need to change something because i checked my screen time and it was approximately 8 -10 hours per day. I lived in apathy since 13 years old and i realized that i am wasting mybyouth. Proud of you bro
Congrats man. People called me weird for deleting social media back in 2013. I was on and off and never got any benefit just narcissism and girls trying to get money, better off in real life away from the fakes even if society says it’s “weird” who cares what they say, this is our life.
I also hope we can all realize that people aren’t addicted because they are slow or dumb… these platforms are literally designed by psychologists, behavioralists if that’s a thing, and engineers trying to steal our attention as much as they can within the confines of the law. We need to get our focus back and find good people in society again
Exactly, it is made by psychologist to make it more addictive. Im not saying your opinion is wrong nor i want to disagree with you - im just sharing my opinion that’s all:) at the end of the day we as ordinary humans will never really whats the truth, we can only guess and wonder… I recommend you watch ‘the social dilemma’ if u haven’t watched it already. Have a good day
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
"It's a shame to not try to learn as many things that are possible on this earth". I've lived by this principle for as long as i can remember but I never heard someone else mention it. Thanks for that and also for your much needed help ❤
I deleted social media in Feb 2022, now I’m addicted to TH-cam. Be careful people 😅 you still have to do the work towards healing the addiction. Over the weekend I didn’t allow myself on any screens for a few hours and I ended up getting two rooms organized and redecorated, a project I’ve been putting off literally for screens. Keep going, we got this!! Slow and steady.
When I permanently quit social media this april, I kinda replaced social media with youtube. I love youtube, don’t get me wrong, but I wasted (and I’m still wasting lol) so much time watching videos. So I decided to start spending more time reading and doing another hobby (that I haven’t thought about it yet). Thank you so much for making this video! It inspired me a lot
I’ve learned so much about life and living from TH-cam so could never give it up. Treat it as an inspiration and learning activity that you do one afternoon a week. You’ll be more selective in what you choose to watch. Always ask yourself if the content is relevant to the life you’re trying to create.
sooo relatable! TH-cam can be useful however, so im only limiting it to watch stuff that benefits me instead of using it as another form of entertainment- reading books ftw !!
I use DFyoutube or something like that, it's an add on on chrome and I disable the recommendations there. It makes a huuuuge difference. I remove it once a month or less to find new content some times
social media isn't all bad. It depends on how you use it, but ultimately: even if you use it well, limiting the people you follow, only checking what people you follow have posted, gaining inspiration and ideas, posting something, and then logging off again - the danger that, because these apps are designed to keep you on there for as long as possible, getting distracted along the way is way too big. It is possible to use social media positively, but it takes so much self control. And either you will lack that self control somewhere else or you will already lack it and end up scrolling.
I feel agree with you, I think phones or even the apps and others things are not ''bad''. We can do a lot of things with it like talking to someone who's living to the opposite of the planet or even share our talents and what we like to do :). I think it's just the consciousness that we have when we use it and what we chose to do with it.
that's why i really like pintrest and youtube - i much more often find things to be inspired by or use these platforms for studying etc. which i can't say about instagram or tiktok for example. pintrest and youtube also aren't really the apps to make you sit there for many hours, i don't think i've ever scrolled on pintrest for more than an hour a day.
It's also corporations fault for that, not the internet. The internet used to be a place where intelligent and creative people could get together to create all kinds of websites. Social or not. We saw communication apps like MySpace back then thrive without the overall theme of it isn't trying to capitalize on it. The whole entire internet is now almost entirely owned by corporations.. Things like link rot exist now and now government owned websites are having their special information fail because of link rot. It all comes down to one thing ; rich people who want your money. And how can they get that? Getting you to stay on their platform for as long as possible. People started switching to these platforms because instead of having to scroll the internet for days looking for social websites suddenly you could just go to the app store in download it. Creative people need to start banding together and start making their own websites again, ones that doesn't rely on capitalizing on people and leeching off of it.
I was thinking like that but I realized that controlling urself on social media isn’t possible While u r tryin to minimize ur time of scrolling it’s designed to be addictive they studied how our brain is working, most of the ppl trying to control their usage most probably will check their phone at the end of the day and once u open an app u will be scrolling for hours without noticing the time…
I "quit' social media many times and always ran into this exact issue you are talking about. This time around, I cut out TH-cam and Netflix for two weeks or so and it was a game changer. Now I only feel like I want to go on here once a week and I don't scroll for hours on yt or binge Netflix anymore. At first I was so bored that I basically started doing literally ANYTHING else. In the first week I painted my nails every single day... I was even so bored at one point that I chose to clean my whole kitchen lmao. definitely worth it!!
Haha I'm in the same boat. I also cutted out Netflix on 2021 Dec. It has been game changer for me. I don't even care anymore what's trending Netflix shows. I never had other subscriptions. I left social media last year May. And I never looked back. I just download WhatsApp once a month. I only have 1 friend😂😭 we just normally text to each other. Since she's also allergic to social media we never had a problem. We hangout sometimes. Also I reduced my screentime to 2.5 hr a day which helped me a lot. But I ain't giving up on YT. That's my baby😁💕 I just use youtube as an inspiration I subscribed to the channels that helps me to grow as a person. That helps me to be mindful. (P.S.- sorry for the long rant)😅
@@rajeshtirumal-zw4ov To be honest with you it was very difficult because i used to listen to videos while doing stuff, but there is only one way. you basically just don’t watch youtube. Delete it on your phone and get a browser extension that blocks the youtube homepage (I got an extension that’s customizable so i could still see my playlists bc i needed to use a recipe video during my “cleanse” 😭) Just try to commit for 7 days. i’ve tried doing one day or two before but it was never effective. Find something to replace the time you were using to watch youtube. Finally, come up with a plan for when you come back on youtube (this is the most important part bc otherwise you will just repeat the old habits) For me, I decided to quit watching shorts and set a limit for how many videos i will watch daily. If I find myself going down a rabbit hole on yt and wasting too much time I just delete the app again and re-download it the next day. hope this helps 👍
Deleting social media pushed me to cry my eyes out of how actually alone and lonely I'm with no real friends because I was famous on social media. I cried over past issues, I realised I never did heal myself and I still need more time working on my attachment issues and past wounds. Best decision I've ever made
It’s been 2 years since I left social media. I have no regrets at all. I got sick of people gossiping, drama, negativity & people faking their lives & friendships and sharing everything that should be kept private or craving attention with provocative pictures & selfies. A number of things I realised: 1. People who added me as “Friends” didn’t really care about me. They were “So called Friends” it was just to increase their friends list. 2. When people were going through their hardest times of anxiety, trauma and upset, I went out of my way & made an effort by helping & supporting them. But when I was going through my hardest times, including anxiety, trauma and stress. The people who I helped & supported never reached out to me to help or supported me even when I struggled. Everything has become one sided. 3. Certain posts or videos get blown out of proportion or completely taken out of context even if it’s nothing negative. 4. People lie about the amount of friends they REALLY have. Who in the REAL world has 100s or 1000s of friends WHO?? 5. Communication is very one sided. The same person had to make the first move to start a conversation as the other person doesn’t make an effort themselves or just can’t be bothered. 6. People lie about their lives, they only show the positive side of theirs lives which doesn’t show the REAL truth about the person. You can’t tell and don’t see if someone is REALLY depressed, upset, isolated, lonely, feeling suicidal or what’s actually going on in their actual lives. Even if people post how they really feel, people don’t always care or not interested. 7. It makes people fake and insecure. It’s not just school kids or teenagers in schools, colleges, universities or workplaces doing it, but grown adults as well are also being fake & insecure, especially managers. 8. People compare themselves to others just to get loads of “Likes” & comments. 9. Social media has increased loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression which can be severe. 10. Due to social media and the increase in technology, it’s causing destruction & destroying peoples lives in the sense of their is no sense of unity, community, love and nobody wants to help each other. If they see someone doing something constructive and productive and they’re doing well in a community or society, people will laugh at them in an act of ignorance, and cannot wait for them to fall down. Social media is dividing people, not bringing people together. 11. Having a proper conversation or being real is considered not normal and people think it’s creepy. People don’t like having real conversations. 12. It’s made people to be narcissists, entitlement, ignorant, prejudice and bullies. 13. People can say things or make comments that are abusive, racist, sexist, ignorant, prejudice, misogynist, homophobia, xenophobia, discrimination openly online, rather than to your face. 14. I have seen Boys & Girls take provocative, selfies / pictures just to get attention from so called friends / strangers, sometimes in a negative way, for example, woman having their boobs / chests hanging out, body image, men & women showing off muscles, six pack & more. 15. With social media & the young generation with regards to friendships, people feel that if they add someone as friend request and they accept it, or meet someone & they click with them they automatically think that’s “friends for life” people need to realise that’s not how friendship REALLY works. Friendships are & should always be a 2-way street. Real friendships would make the effort to support & be there for each other through the good times, fun times, hard times, sad times, upsetting times & more. Communication & making an effort should be equal on both sides. Not the same person who always makes first contact. The other person should also make an effort too. We need to ALL learn the skill set of when we suffer from stress, anxiety, trauma, facing problems & more, that we should reach out to our friends, family or professionals for help & support, NOT turn to social media. 16. Our young generation has grown up addicted. They have been addicted to mobile phones, alcohol, drugs, social media & more at a young age It’s very sad. We are seeing the negative impact of what social media is doing, but we are not really reacting to it. I never had TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. Glad I didn’t sign up to any of them. Facebook was the only social media platform I had and it was recommended to me back when I was in my teens. I only use TH-cam as I can look at interesting things like cooking recipes and motivation videos and music videos of festivals & concerts and more fun stuff. I enjoy going out in nature walks, bowling listening to music and learning new hobbies and watching movies. Since leaving it’s been the best decision of my life. I enjoy life more, I can now enjoy doing the things I do or want to try without being judged or told what to do without being made to feel guilty. I feel more happier and a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I think if social media disappeared forever, I can guarantee people will spend REAL quality time with friends and family. People will know who their REAL friends are and that they will do things together and have a good time doing it. I also feel that people will have proper conversations and listen and engage. I do feel sorry for our young generation. The young generation is lost. There is so much talent and ideas in young people and they need to show that in a positive & constructive way. We can make change for the future. The young generation needs real positive role models to look up to, for them to succeed in life & beyond.
first of all you said its been 18 months since you left social media, and then you said you never had tiktok, twitter or instagram. something looks fishy
Well done you...a lot of these friendships are completely one sided...and some friends will turn on you for no good reason as well.!!..lots of hero worship from people I knew on tiktok..to people who didn't care for them one bit..🥺
I completely agreed, i used social media because my college stuff needed me to use them but each time i was on holiday i only played some games and watch youtube or movies and watch soke reels on instagram (im not saying instagram is not toxic, it is. Every comments ive ever seen are people with their own beliefs that never wants to understand others) only. Each time i get back to my socials because of my college requirements i feel drained. Today its 12th day on being back on college and im already drained cuz of getting back to this socials.
Seeing this has restored a bit of my faith in the next generations to be in control of their own lives. If you don’t have socials they can’t divide you, they can’t psyop you, you are immune to propaganda. You are strong.
Im 15, got rid of most social media, meditate, learn business, never smoked... All people around sucking on their vapes like an inhaler and they look so pathetic or just on their phone all day. When I am away from home I almost never take my phone with me and just enjoy the moment. Thank you for reading this essay I know you will get far just by the thinking of quiting social media. Good luck❤ Edit: Thanks everyone for the positive feedback, it has been 4 months and still growing stronger mentally and physically, love you guys!
The fact that you are 15 and you already learned all of that gives me so much hope. My sister is close to 15 and people her age are way more miserable and use social media much more.
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning. I was waking up for my morning run and opened TH-cam to numb feelings. Your video is the first that came up. I gave up social media years ago but replaced them with other things like TH-cam and Reddit. I definitely waste time on both but I’m going to give myself a limit of 3-4 videos a day. I’m 24, and there’s no reason I can’t accomplish my goals. Thank you, man. Subscribed.
@@nyox999 yes, everything that involves SOCIALizing on the internet, creating communities and sharing information even if its not people you know is, this people are not only delusional (thinking that they don't use social media and don't waste time when in reality this video is a waste of time itself recommended by the algorithm) but also they think theyre morally superior for doing so, when in reality theyre hypocrites since they keep constatly consuming social media by talking to strangers, sharing thoughts and watching youtube shorts that other people in the community posted. absolute bullshit
@@nyox999 we can say its a social media platform but its a serach engine type thing many ppl actually study through yt , and like many productive , guides are there !
@@nyox999 youtube também, mas no youtube tem conteúdos incríveis, meu problema é com o youtube Shorts, esse sim e muito viciante pq funciona como o TikTok
I was about to comment same thing. Now my social media is replaced by reddit, youtube and Pinterest 😂 i spend a lot of time in TH-cam then reddit and then Pinterest.
it’s crazy for me to think this but i’ve been off social media for about a year and a half and making this drastic change was amazing. I have my little life and I just live in that bubble. nobody knows where I am at life or what i’m doing or thinking anymore. and honestly it’s good that way, it makes you appreciate life more when you’re just focusing on your own and not creating an appearance or focusing on others lives. truly one of the best decisions i’ve ever made and I don’t think I could go back to it.
The absolute worst thing about social media like Instagram is that u have absolutely no idea that it's slowly making ur life miserable... It slowly sucks the living shit out of you without u not even realising. It becomes worse especially if youre someone who is going through some low phase it makes u miserable like hell...😢😢😢
I quit instagram 2 months ago, and honestly, as a woman, is so good to be without it. Is so toxic for both men and women, and I consider myself pretty, but there is just like not reality. Even when you think there no filter or facetune on someone’s photo, it probably has (i know because my friends post pics and they are really good editing it, but they are all so pretty as well, they dont need it). Im feeling way more confident without it ✨✨
I’m happy for you and can relate to this as a man that ever since I deleted my instagram music account I feel more confident in myself as a person and as a artist and it’s more peaceful when you are not on social media all the time
I think the big difference between an app like tiktok vs youtube or netflix, is that YT and netflix (For the majority) are sites with longer form content. Short form content can be so bad for you, and its so easy to fall into the trap of constantly consuming that content without thought at all. Great video man, keep up the good work.
TH-cam has shorts though and can be equally as addictive as any other social media because it is designed in the same addictive manner. An algorithm that gets to know your likes dislikes etc etc
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
I think social media is good as a tool for surrounding yourself with people you want to be like. Connecting with friends. As long as you’re not scrolling for hours.
This absolutely resonates with me. A year ago i made the decision to drop all socials because I saw myself getting addicted, and just the general absurdity of mindless scrolling in something i deep down knew was superficial. Its a trap, and i was in it. Since then i’ve filled my time with art, excercise, and the type of things I infatuated over as a kid, im still getting over the youtube and netflix bump, but its been such a great decision. Ans this has fully inspired me to take it a step further. I never really thought there was other people like me, especially being 16, but your video has opened my eyes. It was sort of naive to assume I was alone, because bo matter what we think, theres more people like us than we could imagine, and this short 10 minute video makes me feel that little bit less alone. Thank you.
I'm so glad content like this exists, thank you for being a rarity and sharing the truths about social media in such a relaxing and clear way. Over the last few years I've deleted snapchat, Instagram and be real. 100% you're right about just changing where you spend you're time, I did start to watch more Netflix and TH-cam. Time well spent watching this video, thank you again.
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
I deleted social media 3 years ago.. And now I'm 18 💪😁 .. At first it was tempting to reinstall.. But later I just forgot about it completely.. It's difficult but definitely worthy!! You can do it too friend 👊🏻
i deleted everything today thanks to your videos, this was the final straw. thank you so much for talking about this, i’m so happy to see there are other young people who agree that it’s bad and are willing to make a change. ❤️❤️
Not just this... but being off social media has made me more of a private person. I've realized that I HATED everyone putting an input into my life and everything I do even if it's praise for things I did. I'd rather just do and never let others know now rather than have to post something so people can see I am doing something. Being private (or as some say "mysterious" lol) you give people a chance to look deeper and find more. One phrase I've come up with is "I'd rather know nothing about someone and learn the rest than know 'everything' and hope for the best". Not having social media makes me live in the moment now and learn about others in the moment and the tangible.
I agree, everything gets so overwhelming with social media but when you have a more "private" life you don't have to worry about what other ppl think and you get to enjoy the moments more rather than feeling pressure to post something so others know what you're up to.
So lovely to see you giving guidance to others... honestly doom scrolling can leave you feeling so energetically depleted as you turn more and more into an sm zobie. Our time is so sacred and for anyone that still struggles with fully committing to deleting sm, I'd suggest downloading digital wellbeing apps to initiate your first social media cleanse 💖
I deleted all of my social medias 7 months ago and life became awesome! I feel positive everyday coz social media is full of negativity, I feel good about myself coz I stopped comparing myself on people with the “good life” social media posts, and I become contented of what I have in my home instead of pushing myself to get that “aesthetic “ home. I’m grateful that my things in my home have their own functionality and stay cleaned rather than to focus on being aesthetic. Life’s great without social media. I only watch youtube for entertainment and scroll in Pinterest coz it’s an art app for me hehe
I started watching your channel yesterday, and I'd just like to thank you. This is my first day quiting social media, or at least reducing my time on it by a lot, but already you've helped me so much. I'm 13, so I'm glad I'm kicking the habit early. Keep up the good work, as you are helping so many people to improve their lives.
when we feel boredom, we are probably on the right track there. when we get bored, creativity kicks in, but we have to learn to reconnect with it and yes, in that sense, youtube is not the best option, but at least it's not as schizophrenic as insta or snap, but definitely organizing goals and planning what we're going to do it's something good to control time, but hey, step by step we can go far!
I don’t have IG, TikTok, Twitter or Facebook and only use SC for taking pictures with 2 friends. I experienced all the toxicity of social media so I got rid of it. TH-cam was my go to for relaxing and watching informative videos but now I find myself wasting hours on shorts which is like TikTok
Started my detoxing journey yesterday and coincidentally bumped into your video.. Thank you, I've been working on my web development skills for about an hour straight and I'm glad I did. Thanks again, I'm glad I'm not alone
Friendly reminder that none of us are better than other people just because we had the ability to break our addictive cycle with social media. Other people may be facing circumstances or conditions that make it harder or don’t allow them to quit. Or they don’t realize that it is unhealthy. 💓
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
2 weeks ago my screentime said 10 hours a day. I just deleted insta, snap, tiktok, and messenger. Which I am highly addicted too. I don't have a job or school, pretty much at home all the time so really not much to do, but there are so many things I want to be doing, but instead I feel almost as if I need to be constantly on my phone to feel fulfilled. I'm tired all the time and feel sick. I was agoraphobic a long time (not leaving the house at all) and a couple days ago I went into the subway station after months of not having travelled. Every single person on the subway was on their phone. It scared me a lot to think we are all just robots now. I am so happy I bumped into this video today, cause I really needed this! Thank you for being such an inspiration and sending you all much love!
I’m missing out on all those trends, it hurts, but now I have so much time to do other stuff. I quit social media like 3 months ago didn’t open up a single game and my grades started to be crazy good. It was worth it and It’s sad that I realised it that late…
The less social media interaction in my life has truly benefited me, I enjoy my life more and feel like I’ve been more productive and creative. Less anxiety and comparing my life to others, who are only showing their best moments. ❤
I deleted my social networks, all my friends called me crazy, stupid... and for a moment I believed it, but now that I live more in the present I realize that they are the crazy ones.
Reposting this from his last vid: This was literally a free TED Talk. For a 17yr old you speak eloquently and you dropped tonnes of wisdom - and making the main message about finding yourself and your purpose. I hope lots of people watch this. I personally did something radical - I downgraded from the latest iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone SE 2020, and my goal was to only install bare essential apps (email, messages, banking, music, fitness, reading), with zero social media and no shopping apps (ebay, Amazon, etc). The SE is also only 64GB and combined with the very small battery life, means 1) I don’t install more apps as there’s just no space, and 2) the limited battery life means I won’t be picking up my phone a lot, to make the battery last. It’s refreshing making my phone a peripheral tool again, not the main character. I’m keeping the iPhone 14 Pro for when I travel so I have a good camera, lots of storage for pics and vids, etc, and use travel apps. I managed to get an old SE for real cheap, and maybe this approach can help others too. I was initially going to buy a simple phone (the ones with physical number keypads, or the Light Phone), but I do need to access my data within my iPhone/iCloud ecosystem and it made more sense for me to make my own “lite” phone via the SE and not mess up having fragmented messages, pics etc if I moved to a different ecosystem. I think it’s a perfect in-between of giving up the pull of an iPhone and its powerful apps, and having a lite phone that should just be there for the essentials.
My only problem deleting social media is being isolated from friends, no one seems to text and it can be hard to find events or things like tattoo artists anywhere else nowadays..it’s a shame because I hate socials so much. Totally understand the part about swapping out addictions, I quit smoking weed as it was ruining my life and found I swapped that addiction out for Netflix and then swapped that out for socials, I hate it and I want it all gone, it’s a journey but we got this :)
Recently deleted all of my social media and I can now focus more on my life!! I spend 50 mins 4 days a week working out now! I’m so much happier and I’m not constantly comparing myself to others or feeling like I missing out! Great video!!
I agree with you. Social media is pointless. I don’t remember a time when I used social media and thought: “wow! I got so much value from scrolling on social media today! I got so much enjoyment and entertainment!” That literally never happened. It is just an addiction, it’s not something that I ever truly enjoyed. I’m glad I deleted all social media.
It's actually wild, I started moderating myself, first deleting social media then brought back the least invasive one for me. More or less my least favourite one to help keep in touch with friends nation wide. And now I'm starting to moderate my content intake on TH-cam and going for a run everyday. Which the run started out as a walk every day months ago. You're totally right about social media. It's bad for the brain. Great video
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
Thank you for the video and your channel in general. Im 16 and recently deleted all social media. This year, my goal is to find at least 1 new hobby, exercise more (i workout in the morning, go for a walk and do just dance with my younger sister or even by myself on a typical day) and i wanna read at least 70 books (i read 59 last year while compulsively using social media). Im also trying to do more writing, starting painting, colouring more, working on other creative things (colouring, this cool diamond art thing i never started from a year ago, etc) and i find myself finding apps to replace the lack of social media in my life. Character ai, messages, youtube, netflix, etc, but im gonna try and stick to an hour or two a day max, and see if that helps me. Its not an easy thing to do, but im proud i at least started
Feels really good when i got to know there are young people like me who left these toxic apps and trying to live the life as it should be. When he told there an entire community of 300 member who share the same idea like i do it really overwhelms me & I rushed to join the community and believe that I'll meet some really cool people and make some friends.
I'm someone who has very important exams this year which will get me in college (I am 17 so yes this year is very important for me) and this social media has really made me go nuts and like there's just negativity in my life. What you said in the whole video is correct and i agree with you 100%. The precious time spent on Instagram snap is nothing compared to the productive things you can do without them. This video is necessary to all the teens who are spending their days doing nothing but scrolling. Thank you reece
I deleted all my social media and low key just transferred the time to TH-cam but in a way I’m glad cause in the time I actaully found new creators I love. I use TH-cam as a creative outlet and to find a new interest I guess you can say. There’s billions of ppl on this planet every body has a different perspective of life it’s nice to see other ppl live life. But I agree we have to use these outlets with boundaries. don’t just replace the social media apps. watch your screen time, use your focuses, lock your self out of your phone if you have to, shoot I’ve resorted back to having my mom take away mom phone for a lil while just so I can focus on some task I have been procrastinating on. Life is hard no matter where you are, or how old you are, what matters is your still trying
I love thisss. Lots of people always tells you to delete social media but they never tell you what to do afterwards, and I think that’s even more important than just the action of deleting them, we are addicted and deleting them it’s not gonna magically help you to get better, but what you do afterwards is what makes you have better habits, depending on what you decide to do. Thank you for this video, it is really a side that not everyone talks about
Gonna start this today. I’ve been going through a mental battle for months about keeping my socials, I will take this as my sign to delete it all & focus on me.
As far as I can tell, the majority of people are nice. Spending time with your family, friends, neighbors, random people on the street, etc. gives you a true sense of humanity. Yes, there are many bad individuals in the world, but there are also many nice ones.
I wasn't even a social media addict, but after deleting all my social media just last month, my mental health is improving. Now, the fastest way for people to contact me is throungh e-mail or just to call my landline telephone, I still had it in my home. Truly life changing
honestly bro, i have hella respect that you're young and talking about this topic. Many people would mock or diss me if I said "TikTok is useless" too many people are influenced by social media.
@@ololade_thegreat I been contemplating whether or not to delete Instagram, but damn I use it for so many things, it's super difficult to commit to that like shiiii
I don't know if I am the only one but since I deleted social media I ruminate a lot things I watched or read on it. It's even hard to concentrate on important task because I feel the negative emotions which come with it .
It’s been a. Whole year since I removed social media from my life and people do call me weird there and then but there is so much to life without social media im no longer worried about anything that I didn’t want to see in social media it would constantly give me anxiety and worries and I would feel insecure cause people are very toxic in the internet but i feel good without it , I do know that im missing out on whatever is going on out in the world but nobody cars about anything and I don’t want to sit and watch others people’s life when I can be living mine and finding myself again the only reason why I let go of social media to see the changes and to have a private life now
I am 17 years old. The only social media app I’ve ever used is Pinterest, and recently I deleted that too coz it was getting too much addicting for me. I constantly wanted to check the pins and boards, which was affecting my attention pan and study schedules (Preparing for a competitive exam, so really gotta study harder than ever.) I even unsubscribed the channels on YT which weren’t adding to my growth and development. It has been peaceful so far :)
This video was the sign I needed. I've been wanting to delete social media for years but now I'm actually doing it because I'm sick of scrolling through this sea of toxicity. I've been addicted to many social media apps for years and when I got bored of one, I jumped to another one. I've deleted Tiktok and Twitter (on which I wasted a lot of time) but still hasn't deleted Instagram. I'm also pretty lonely so I escape from that (although I like being alone) being on social media and building meaningless parasocial relationships. I relate to what you said, I've replaced my time on those apps with time on Instagram and TH-cam. But today I'm stopping. I'm deleting Instagram and devoting myself to my most important things: studying, learning french, writing my novel and my poems and reading my beloved books 😊❤
I feel so good after deleting my social media it's been a year since I deleted them Cause I put my future first I'm focusing on my studies now to get to the university I dreamed of and my final exams are in 9 days wish me luck to get a high degree
I don't think I'm at the point where I can simply delete social media, but I've noticed that the most time I spend away from it, the less stress I receive from it. I sometimes like social media and some other times I totally hate it. I like it because I'm in a community where we talk about gaming and I love videogames, but at the same time there's a lot of toxicity all around. I usually stop looking at social media when I'm doing something in real life, that I know will be ruined by social media's negativity. Productivity, mood etc... even when I want to play a game that I've been waiting to play for a long time, I stay away because people are so toxic about content, while I want to enjoy it in the best way I can. Possibly in MY way, without being influenced by others.
l’m so happy you brought up this topic it’s been like a month since l’ve deleted social media and honestly it’s been incredible l’ve been constantly working out and focusing on getting more things done throughout the day
This! I deleted all socials and found myself gravitating towards watching more TH-cam. But... on TH-cam I am watching more docu style videos, selfcare, etc. I don't think TH-cam predisposes you to as much toxicity as social media. I feel good at least knowing I can put my phone down in social situations and open the door to communication (even if it is not reciprocated most of the time.)
i enjoy watching people in our generation waking up to how destructive social media can be. I hope that in the future many others will awaken and we will all be able to socialize authentically and in the present moment with others.
I’ve deleted all my socials except TH-cam. It’s been 3 months and I’ve tried to keep the videos I watch educational interesting and/or uplifting. I tend to listen while doing other stuff.
yeah, but now I have no idea what I wanna do and all the stuff that I can think of is related to going outside, and my mom ain’t gonna let me go outside besides our front and back yard 😭
Holy f*ck, man you're a true brother. We don't know each other and yet I really respect you, some people would call this brotherhood lol. But for real, hearing an other man explaining things I thought only me and maybe a couple of other people experienced.. it feels good, it feels great, it feels like I'm not 100% wrong and maybe there's really some common "obstacles" even in the right way to the best version of ourselves. Thank you 🙏🙌🏼
Honestly, the only reason why I haven't deleted social media is because I need it for school and communication to my friends and family. So I'm still trying to find a way to manage it. Since 2021 I started helping my mom in the house in doing the chores. I also got into Scrapbooking whatever I find in the house, Journaling, writing unsaid words and letters. I've been also reading books. But it's just so irritating because I always find myself returning into the internet no matter what :V
i think the underlying solution is discipline. this is one of the hardest things a human can manage on a daily basis in my opinion. our brains take the “lazy” route and will fight against a healthy habit we’re trying to create, because it enjoys instant gratification. although this is scientifically true, we still have the power to rework our patterns. try giving yourself a behavior intervention, like using prompts, rewarding yourself after completing a page of a scrapbook or reading 10 pages of a book, even set a specific time you want to do your hobbies to promote the behavior you wish to improve. just remember you ARE in control 🫶🏻 i struggle with this myself, but i also hate the idea of social media taking away time and energy
Social media is a brain dead activity. I deleted social media off my phone back in february and have not gone back since. I mainly did it because I was going through a breakup and felt that I was using it to destract myself, but in reality, I was seeing all the great things that others were posting and I started to feel as i was not good enought and became somewhat insecure and portrayed those insecurities out on others. I'm in a much better spot; however, I'm still trying to improve day by day and at my own pace. Great video Reece!
I deleted all of my social media, and it's amusing to come across this video. Currently, I'm investing my time in activities such as browsing TH-cam, going to the gym, painting, playing the guitar, Skateboard and more. The experience is significantly different now; I initiated the process of deleting social media a few days ago, and it's truly remarkable.
I actually went from 8 hrs daily to 3 hrs!! Ive been watching/reading a lot of wizard liz, reece daniels, emma chamberlain podcasts and mark manson books. I’m living the life broo ive never been more happier.
Been a month that i quit Instagram. My dopamine receptors are i guess back to baseline levels. My focus and concentration has gotten better. So happy to see so many people in this journey. We have got this. Let’s choose to be not enslaved ❤️
Currently 18. Made insta when I was 11 and deleted it when I was 12. Not that I was a loner it never appealed to me. Made it again when I was 15 and deleted again in a month. Best decision I ever made. I see people my age fixated on it . Reality is dead I’m so so so grateful to see people like you
I got insta this year, I saw so many accounts from different people living all these great lives, bringing me down. So after less than a month I logged out of my account and never logged back on again. I'm so glad you did the same! It's sad that so many people are fixated on social media like this
i quit social media months ago and i feel amazing. i only use it like 50 minutes a day now, i spend most of my time reading, crocheting, playing games, going outside or playing with my cats. I've also noticed that people that don't use social media seem way more happier with themselves and are generally nicer people.
This guy is amazing. I’m going to delete my social media right away and try to be my old self again. I thank God He sent someone like you to motivate us. New subscriber here! 😁
I think this is more targeted forwards short form videos, and the death scroll apps (tiktok, insta, facebook, yt shorts) but youtube long form has more beneficial content imo
It depends! If you find yourself scrolling shorts and can't stop ... Then its gonna work as a time wasting thing for you but if you watch what's beneficial for you then it's a good thing 😌🫶🏽
i have learned so much here in youtube than the other platform apps that is spreading toxicity like tiktok i dont see any entertaining stuff in there only nudity, even tho you hide those kind of content it's still popping out on you for your page. and also much worse the toxicity of other content creators there was bullying other creators to gain more followers and using clout for views, like for real?. videos like this helps me a lot and also for the other people who wants to change their perspective in life. i thank you for posting videos like this, spread self improvement, spread positivity. have a good day everyone.
You’re actually making more time for yourself both ways. Not only, do you remove the huge amount of time social media takes as a whole but you also save time by doing other things with that time. So you have a change in plans. The more you remove and do things more efficiently, the more you realize how much time we take for granted. In reality, we really have 16 hours out of our full day. We don’t even get 24 hours fr, be more aware of the time you spend
his sitting position and his words it feels like my big brother is giving me advice while sitting in front of me ( i dont have big bro) , subscribing ✨
i just want to share my experience right now. so i deleted all social medias since 2020 ( to be exact, in march ). and then these things happened to me which are good. No more comparison ( i dont spend my time thinking about comparing myself with others, especially as a girl, as me, beauty standard) as i really dont like taking pics of myself since i was young, seeing people being look so good on social media makes me just thinking abt not being fit in this beauty standard. now i just am being me, feel so nice and comfortable, focus on my goals, not wasting time with someone who is not real, a good friend so in conclusion, i cut off toxicity( just my opinion). but it's for me, some ppl use social medias to contact and keep in touch with friends and relatives and family. but for me, it was terrible. i'm okay now tho.
I haven’t had social media since like 2014 and people have always called me weird but weird to me was these people wasting their life away on people who don’t even care about them. Proud of y’all !!! Focus on your life and building meaningful connections.
2014💀
Damn bro! Great job
You are weird for not using social media at all (as you said).
I’m very confused isn’t TH-cam a form of social media?
So, so great!
Although I must recognize that, for my interests, fb was peculiar to networking
Social media is more short form content
I think it is also important to remember that productive does not need to mean busy. With the extra time you have, productive could be resting, meditating, sleeping, cooking a nutritious homemade meal. Having more time on your hands doesn't mean you need to do or be more. That extra time could be time to just sit with yourself and exist. Sending love and light ❤
Absolutely :) made a video on this actually :)
Honey u right❤thank u for telling abt it💞🌷
No, but it's a waste of time tbh
Thank you
@@satanicpanic2781 ur body will say otherwise lol
I deleted social media 3 years ago at 28 years old. Haven’t looked back. But let’s not act like we’re special and better than those who are on social media.
but we are :p
Deleted all your accounts or deleted the apps on your phone?
@@tcc2look at u trying to find a spot above them 😂
@29spot if she deleted the app from her phone then she didn’t delete her social media.
@@tcc2yes, but it doesn't really matter. There's nothing wrong with keeping your accounts around, especially if you posted things
Deleted social media, came to youtube 😭 but my screentime is not 10h a day anymore so i think that's a win
Find yourself new hobbies, like studying something new, sports or going out more
@@randomiz3er yes! I started reading harry potter, always wanted to so i thought now is the perfect time. I also like chrocheting so i decided to finish my old projects :)
@@canyonmoonrry91im proud of you ✊🏼🥹I hope I can do this like u
@@zera2535 ofc you can! I believe in you🫶
TH-cam is far better than social media
Something that gets me to stay away from social media is imagining how I look, hunched over and scrolling like a zombie for HOURS. It makes me feel so embarrassed and will snap me out of falling into the temptation of redownloading and scrolling 😅
EXACTLY
Good Idea, I'll have this mindset now it will most likely work for me lol
Excellent mindset!
I replaced my screen time spent on social media with activities I used to enjoy, including reading, and rediscovered the love I had for it as a kid. I’ve already read 91 books this year, when I used to average maybe 10 per year before. I also feel less anxious, less angry, and better able to focus for long periods of time. It’s 100% worth making the change.
amazing!! so proud of you :) it's the same for me, i used to read a lot but not anymore
I'm reading A lot more even a comic book is better than mindlessly scrolling through social m
How did it take you to get to a point where you didnt think about using social media anymore?
book recommendations?
My attention span got so so bad, I really hope it will get better now that I am off Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and co.
I’m 16 years old and deleted social media like a week ago. I used to be very addicted to it where my average screen time was +9 hours. I’m so proud of myself for deleting it as I have sooo much more free time, for me my whole life was just scrolling and scrolling all the time. Now I have time to get to know myself as a person and reading books about business or listening to podcasts about development and becoming the best version of myself. I’ve also started to sleep earlier at like 11pm which is a huge improvement from before where I’d stay up to 3am. So I really hope that I’ll be committed to this❤
I’m also 16 and I’m thinking about deleting everything to focus on my studies cuz all of my teachers say I have good potential YK it’s just that I don’t put my mind in the work. And after a good time thinking about what’s stopping me from doing my best at school I found out it’s social media. So next Sunday I’m gonna delete all social media and whenever I’ll crave it,I’ll just go read a book or take a good nap. I also used to sleep early when I had no phone but now it’s always 3 or 4 am. It is really affecting my physical and mental health. I hope I’m gonna win this challenge. At least till school finishes.
@@davidlakaka6240samee. Sunday too
Congralationnnssss❤❤❤
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
So after leaving insta , fb, also should we not use TH-cam??
Honestly, since I've been living alone my phone addiction got worse. Once you put your phone down, you realize how 'alone' you are and that's a scary feeling, so you try canceling the silence out by listening to and watching other people... All that aside, I'am so excited to delete my social media and just start focusing on real stuff
Exactly what am going through right now, I can't leave my phone
Same. I wanted to find a video that spoke exactly about leaving your phone and social media when living alone. I feel like if I had someone to talk to or lived with someone it would be soooo much easier
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
@@OK-xz7yu
It's okay. You don't need to delete your social media. No one ask you to. They are not talk specifically to you.
Some people need to delete it, some dont.
I'm allergic to carots. Doctors keep talking about "Carrots is good for your health and you should eat carrots". They don't talk specifically to me who cant eat carrots.
I have the same issue but the thing is, no one texts me. Im just sitting there waiting for someone to text me and it feels like if I delete these platforms I won’t be able to reach out to them even though none of them are reaching out to me
It’s so nice to know they’re people around my age group who are also pretty tired of social media I’m 17 recently deleted social media for the last couple months and feel so better. It’s so important to actually just live and be in the moment and be with your thoughts it’s something that’s being so lost
I am 19 high-five
17 too keep it up
I'm 16 and I wanna do it
Same i haven't had it for a week it's been hard but I'm glad i deleted it i need to focus on myself instead of worrying about what other people are doing and comparing myself to them really destroyed my mental health.
I'm 17 Turing 18 and it's been like 3 months since and it's been so good
I deleted social media, graduated high school, and broke up with my boyfriend of almost 2 years all within the same month. This left me with an 10+ hours of time to do whatever I want, but I’m constantly asking myself ‘what the heck do I do with all of this time’ and it’s videos like these that help me. So thank you
kinda same. :) wishing you a beautiful life ahead ❤
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
@@OK-xz7yu there's another youtuber that made a video talking about this I could find him if you'd like
he says that he only keeps social media on his computer so he can promote his stuff
@@OK-xz7yu That's one heck of a confusion I had too; I closed my room, sat down, and thought about it. Here's what I have concluded: Most people, have a personal account with a business account. Delete your personal account and the app, and use your business account on your laptop on Chrome (since Instagram on Chrome is far less attractive than the app). The problem of scrolling is stopped through this as well. It feels weird scrolling on a laptop. Dedicate that device to only the 'productivity device'. For watching YT or Netflix or anything really (for entertainment purposes) Use a smaller screen. Again it makes that activity less attractive, for informative purposes use YT on the laptop. It's all about making things that you want to do more attractive and making things that you don't want to do less attractive. And above all, it is about your will to do it.
Man I can relate to this 😂
Hello everyone!
I’m 17, and I finally deleted Instagram today. I’ve deleted TikTok and Snapchat a few years ago, but I just felt like something was still distracting me, and now I’m looking forward to live peacefully and happy without it!
By the way, I’m smiling as I see how many young people like us exist. Some of my friends never even had social media, and they somewhat inspired me to do it! :D
deleting tiktok right now 💪
Deleted Insta and FB yesterday, honestly feels good, I'm only using TH-cam to watch some interesting videos to pass the time, then hop off and doing something else.
I turned 17 a week ago just realized that i need to change something because i checked my screen time and it was approximately 8 -10 hours per day. I lived in apathy since 13 years old and i realized that i am wasting mybyouth. Proud of you bro
i deleted social media 3 days ago, i hope to become like you 👊
Congrats man. People called me weird for deleting social media back in 2013. I was on and off and never got any benefit just narcissism and girls trying to get money, better off in real life away from the fakes even if society says it’s “weird” who cares what they say, this is our life.
I also hope we can all realize that people aren’t addicted because they are slow or dumb… these platforms are literally designed by psychologists, behavioralists if that’s a thing, and engineers trying to steal our attention as much as they can within the confines of the law.
We need to get our focus back and find good people in society again
Frfr
Exactly, it is made by psychologist to make it more addictive. Im not saying your opinion is wrong nor i want to disagree with you - im just sharing my opinion that’s all:) at the end of the day we as ordinary humans will never really whats the truth, we can only guess and wonder… I recommend you watch ‘the social dilemma’ if u haven’t watched it already.
Have a good day
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
To the person reading this I am so grateful to share this world with you
Me too
Thank you , you too
@@333xantana4 Love❤️
me too
"It's a shame to not try to learn as many things that are possible on this earth".
I've lived by this principle for as long as i can remember but I never heard someone else mention it. Thanks for that and also for your much needed help ❤
i also thought like you and that point smacked me 😀
I deleted social media in Feb 2022, now I’m addicted to TH-cam. Be careful people 😅 you still have to do the work towards healing the addiction. Over the weekend I didn’t allow myself on any screens for a few hours and I ended up getting two rooms organized and redecorated, a project I’ve been putting off literally for screens. Keep going, we got this!! Slow and steady.
Bro...try using flip phones...
When I permanently quit social media this april, I kinda replaced social media with youtube. I love youtube, don’t get me wrong, but I wasted (and I’m still wasting lol) so much time watching videos. So I decided to start spending more time reading and doing another hobby (that I haven’t thought about it yet). Thank you so much for making this video! It inspired me a lot
I’ve learned so much about life and living from TH-cam so could never give it up. Treat it as an inspiration and learning activity that you do one afternoon a week. You’ll be more selective in what you choose to watch. Always ask yourself if the content is relevant to the life you’re trying to create.
U can disable youtube from settings. And also enable it after a month or so when youre used to not using these stuff much
sooo relatable! TH-cam can be useful however, so im only limiting it to watch stuff that benefits me instead of using it as another form of entertainment- reading books ftw !!
I started a TH-cam Chanel on how to cook lol instead of consuming I’m now pushing out videos it’s pretty cool I’m hoping to grow bigger soon
I use DFyoutube or something like that, it's an add on on chrome and I disable the recommendations there. It makes a huuuuge difference. I remove it once a month or less to find new content some times
social media isn't all bad. It depends on how you use it, but ultimately: even if you use it well, limiting the people you follow, only checking what people you follow have posted, gaining inspiration and ideas, posting something, and then logging off again - the danger that, because these apps are designed to keep you on there for as long as possible, getting distracted along the way is way too big. It is possible to use social media positively, but it takes so much self control. And either you will lack that self control somewhere else or you will already lack it and end up scrolling.
I feel agree with you, I think phones or even the apps and others things are not ''bad''. We can do a lot of things with it like talking to someone who's living to the opposite of the planet or even share our talents and what we like to do :). I think it's just the consciousness that we have when we use it and what we chose to do with it.
that's why i really like pintrest and youtube - i much more often find things to be inspired by or use these platforms for studying etc. which i can't say about instagram or tiktok for example. pintrest and youtube also aren't really the apps to make you sit there for many hours, i don't think i've ever scrolled on pintrest for more than an hour a day.
It's also corporations fault for that, not the internet. The internet used to be a place where intelligent and creative people could get together to create all kinds of websites. Social or not. We saw communication apps like MySpace back then thrive without the overall theme of it isn't trying to capitalize on it. The whole entire internet is now almost entirely owned by corporations.. Things like link rot exist now and now government owned websites are having their special information fail because of link rot. It all comes down to one thing ; rich people who want your money. And how can they get that? Getting you to stay on their platform for as long as possible. People started switching to these platforms because instead of having to scroll the internet for days looking for social websites suddenly you could just go to the app store in download it. Creative people need to start banding together and start making their own websites again, ones that doesn't rely on capitalizing on people and leeching off of it.
I was thinking like that but I realized that controlling urself on social media isn’t possible
While u r tryin to minimize ur time of scrolling it’s designed to be addictive they studied how our brain is working, most of the ppl trying to control their usage most probably will check their phone at the end of the day and once u open an app u will be scrolling for hours without noticing the time…
@@iii9292 when you see that what you do is not good for you, you just have to do an other thing. You are not force to do anything !
''you are just keeping yourself busy, not bored, because a little boredom is so scary to all of us''
:( ...
TH-cam IS social media, but you GET TO CHOOSE what you watch. That's the best benefit.
I "quit' social media many times and always ran into this exact issue you are talking about. This time around, I cut out TH-cam and Netflix for two weeks or so and it was a game changer. Now I only feel like I want to go on here once a week and I don't scroll for hours on yt or binge Netflix anymore. At first I was so bored that I basically started doing literally ANYTHING else. In the first week I painted my nails every single day... I was even so bored at one point that I chose to clean my whole kitchen lmao. definitely worth it!!
Can you tell me how did you quit yt. I somehow can't delete yt from my life
@@rajeshtirumal-zw4ovsame as me and yt shorts has me addicted
@@baesically8395 fr! And I have got addicted to kdrama's and shorts related to it😅
Haha I'm in the same boat. I also cutted out Netflix on 2021 Dec. It has been game changer for me. I don't even care anymore what's trending Netflix shows. I never had other subscriptions. I left social media last year May. And I never looked back. I just download WhatsApp once a month. I only have 1 friend😂😭 we just normally text to each other. Since she's also allergic to social media we never had a problem. We hangout sometimes. Also I reduced my screentime to 2.5 hr a day which helped me a lot. But I ain't giving up on YT. That's my baby😁💕 I just use youtube as an inspiration I subscribed to the channels that helps me to grow as a person. That helps me to be mindful.
(P.S.- sorry for the long rant)😅
@@rajeshtirumal-zw4ov To be honest with you it was very difficult because i used to listen to videos while doing stuff, but there is only one way. you basically just don’t watch youtube. Delete it on your phone and get a browser extension that blocks the youtube homepage (I got an extension that’s customizable so i could still see my playlists bc i needed to use a recipe video during my “cleanse” 😭) Just try to commit for 7 days. i’ve tried doing one day or two before but it was never effective. Find something to replace the time you were using to watch youtube. Finally, come up with a plan for when you come back on youtube (this is the most important part bc otherwise you will just repeat the old habits) For me, I decided to quit watching shorts and set a limit for how many videos i will watch daily. If I find myself going down a rabbit hole on yt and wasting too much time I just delete the app again and re-download it the next day. hope this helps 👍
Deleting social media pushed me to cry my eyes out of how actually alone and lonely I'm with no real friends because I was famous on social media. I cried over past issues, I realised I never did heal myself and I still need more time working on my attachment issues and past wounds. Best decision I've ever made
It’s been 2 years since I left social media. I have no regrets at all.
I got sick of people gossiping, drama, negativity & people faking their lives & friendships and sharing everything that should be kept private or craving attention with provocative pictures & selfies.
A number of things I realised:
1. People who added me as “Friends” didn’t really care about me. They were “So called Friends” it was just to increase their friends list.
2. When people were going through their hardest times of anxiety, trauma and upset, I went out of my way & made an effort by helping & supporting them. But when I was going through my hardest times, including anxiety, trauma and stress. The people who I helped & supported never reached out to me to help or supported me even when I struggled. Everything has become one sided.
3. Certain posts or videos get blown out of proportion or completely taken out of context even if it’s nothing negative.
4. People lie about the amount of friends they REALLY have. Who in the REAL world has 100s or 1000s of friends WHO??
5. Communication is very one sided. The same person had to make the first move to start a conversation as the other person doesn’t make an effort themselves or just can’t be bothered.
6. People lie about their lives, they only show the positive side of theirs lives which doesn’t show the REAL truth about the person. You can’t tell and don’t see if someone is REALLY depressed, upset, isolated, lonely, feeling suicidal or what’s actually going on in their actual lives. Even if people post how they really feel, people don’t always care or not interested.
7. It makes people fake and insecure. It’s not just school kids or teenagers in schools, colleges, universities or workplaces doing it, but grown adults as well are also being fake & insecure, especially managers.
8. People compare themselves to others just to get loads of “Likes” & comments.
9. Social media has increased loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression which can be severe.
10. Due to social media and the increase in technology, it’s causing destruction & destroying peoples lives in the sense of their is no sense of unity, community, love and nobody wants to help each other. If they see someone doing something constructive and productive and they’re doing well in a community or society, people will laugh at them in an act of ignorance, and cannot wait for them to fall down. Social media is dividing people, not bringing people together.
11. Having a proper conversation or being real is considered not normal and people think it’s creepy. People don’t like having real conversations.
12. It’s made people to be narcissists, entitlement, ignorant, prejudice and bullies.
13. People can say things or make comments that are abusive, racist, sexist, ignorant, prejudice, misogynist, homophobia, xenophobia, discrimination openly online, rather than to your face.
14. I have seen Boys & Girls take provocative, selfies / pictures just to get attention from so called friends / strangers, sometimes in a negative way, for example, woman having their boobs / chests hanging out, body image, men & women showing off muscles, six pack & more.
15. With social media & the young generation with regards to friendships, people feel that if they add someone as friend request and they accept it, or meet someone & they click with them they automatically think that’s “friends for life” people need to realise that’s not how friendship REALLY works.
Friendships are & should always be a 2-way street. Real friendships would make the effort to support & be there for each other through the good times, fun times, hard times, sad times, upsetting times & more. Communication & making an effort should be equal on both sides. Not the same person who always makes first contact. The other person should also make an effort too.
We need to ALL learn the skill set of when we suffer from stress, anxiety, trauma, facing problems & more, that we should reach out to our friends, family or professionals for help & support, NOT turn to social media.
16. Our young generation has grown up addicted. They have been addicted to mobile phones, alcohol, drugs, social media & more at a young age It’s very sad.
We are seeing the negative impact of what social media is doing, but we are not really reacting to it.
I never had TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. Glad I didn’t sign up to any of them. Facebook was the only social media platform I had and it was recommended to me back when I was in my teens.
I only use TH-cam as I can look at interesting things like cooking recipes and motivation videos and music videos of festivals & concerts and more fun stuff.
I enjoy going out in nature walks, bowling listening to music and learning new hobbies and watching movies.
Since leaving it’s been the best decision of my life. I enjoy life more, I can now enjoy doing the things I do or want to try without being judged or told what to do without being made to feel guilty.
I feel more happier and a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
I think if social media disappeared forever, I can guarantee people will spend REAL quality time with friends and family. People will know who their REAL friends are and that they will do things together and have a good time doing it. I also feel that people will have proper conversations and listen and engage.
I do feel sorry for our young generation. The young generation is lost. There is so much talent and ideas in young people and they need to show that in a positive & constructive way. We can make change for the future. The young generation needs real positive role models to look up to, for them to succeed in life & beyond.
first of all you said its been 18 months since you left social media, and then you said you never had tiktok, twitter or instagram. something looks fishy
Well done you...a lot of these friendships are completely one sided...and some friends will turn on you for no good reason as well.!!..lots of hero worship from people I knew on tiktok..to people who didn't care for them one bit..🥺
Me too. I’m glad im not alone in this
@@bhargav1503 those arent the only social media out there...
I completely agreed, i used social media because my college stuff needed me to use them but each time i was on holiday i only played some games and watch youtube or movies and watch soke reels on instagram (im not saying instagram is not toxic, it is. Every comments ive ever seen are people with their own beliefs that never wants to understand others) only. Each time i get back to my socials because of my college requirements i feel drained. Today its 12th day on being back on college and im already drained cuz of getting back to this socials.
it brings another kind of joy knowing there are so many ppl on to this journey with you
I think it is my call to delete social media, and improve my life focusing on me and my goals. Dated 10 Feb, 2024
how is it going so far
Me too! 23 Mar, 2024.
I want to LIVE and I hope we both get to do that. ❤
@@nadia-yx6re me three! 28th march 2024 :] lets do this together
@@plii9765me too, hahaa. 29 march 2024 :p
@@plii9765me four! 2nd of April 2024
Seeing this has restored a bit of my faith in the next generations to be in control of their own lives. If you don’t have socials they can’t divide you, they can’t psyop you, you are immune to propaganda. You are strong.
no you are not immune to propaganda
@@fkjk8488 we are. if you look at it from every pov
This is propoganda
@@fkjk8488 online propaganda of course, you are better off than if you had socials. You clearly must have known what I meant. Autistic reply.
@@fkjk8488 you're immune to propaganda if you never see it in the first place.
Im 15, got rid of most social media, meditate, learn business, never smoked... All people around sucking on their vapes like an inhaler and they look so pathetic or just on their phone all day. When I am away from home I almost never take my phone with me and just enjoy the moment. Thank you for reading this essay I know you will get far just by the thinking of quiting social media. Good luck❤
Edit: Thanks everyone for the positive feedback, it has been 4 months and still growing stronger mentally and physically, love you guys!
It's amazing you realized it too early.
The fact that you are 15 and you already learned all of that gives me so much hope. My sister is close to 15 and people her age are way more miserable and use social media much more.
@@McZilla2.0i like social media cause of the memes lol, idk about better but life would be def boring without them ngl (for me).
Don't feel better by comparing yourself to others. Your happiness should be intrinsic. Else it won't last very long...
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning. I was waking up for my morning run and opened TH-cam to numb feelings. Your video is the first that came up.
I gave up social media years ago but replaced them with other things like TH-cam and Reddit.
I definitely waste time on both but I’m going to give myself a limit of 3-4 videos a day. I’m 24, and there’s no reason I can’t accomplish my goals.
Thank you, man. Subscribed.
@@SlickyGamerisnt youtube too?
@@nyox999 yes, everything that involves SOCIALizing on the internet, creating communities and sharing information even if its not people you know is, this people are not only delusional (thinking that they don't use social media and don't waste time when in reality this video is a waste of time itself recommended by the algorithm) but also they think theyre morally superior for doing so, when in reality theyre hypocrites since they keep constatly consuming social media by talking to strangers, sharing thoughts and watching youtube shorts that other people in the community posted. absolute bullshit
@@nyox999 we can say its a social media platform but its a serach engine type thing many ppl actually study through yt , and like many productive , guides are there !
@@nyox999 youtube também, mas no youtube tem conteúdos incríveis, meu problema é com o youtube Shorts, esse sim e muito viciante pq funciona como o TikTok
I was about to comment same thing. Now my social media is replaced by reddit, youtube and Pinterest 😂 i spend a lot of time in TH-cam then reddit and then Pinterest.
it’s crazy for me to think this but i’ve been off social media for about a year and a half and making this drastic change was amazing. I have my little life and I just live in that bubble. nobody knows where I am at life or what i’m doing or thinking anymore. and honestly it’s good that way, it makes you appreciate life more when you’re just focusing on your own and not creating an appearance or focusing on others lives. truly one of the best decisions i’ve ever made and I don’t think I could go back to it.
The absolute worst thing about social media like Instagram is that u have absolutely no idea that it's slowly making ur life miserable... It slowly sucks the living shit out of you without u not even realising. It becomes worse especially if youre someone who is going through some low phase it makes u miserable like hell...😢😢😢
I quit instagram 2 months ago, and honestly, as a woman, is so good to be without it. Is so toxic for both men and women, and I consider myself pretty, but there is just like not reality. Even when you think there no filter or facetune on someone’s photo, it probably has (i know because my friends post pics and they are really good editing it, but they are all so pretty as well, they dont need it). Im feeling way more confident without it ✨✨
I’m happy for you and can relate to this as a man that ever since I deleted my instagram music account I feel more confident in myself as a person and as a artist and it’s more peaceful when you are not on social media all the time
@@jaysouthmusic8230 exactly, good luck for you, do you have SoundCloud?
I think the big difference between an app like tiktok vs youtube or netflix, is that YT and netflix (For the majority) are sites with longer form content. Short form content can be so bad for you, and its so easy to fall into the trap of constantly consuming that content without thought at all. Great video man, keep up the good work.
Agreed!!
TH-cam has shorts though and can be equally as addictive as any other social media because it is designed in the same addictive manner. An algorithm that gets to know your likes dislikes etc etc
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
I think social media is good as a tool for surrounding yourself with people you want to be like. Connecting with friends. As long as you’re not scrolling for hours.
This absolutely resonates with me. A year ago i made the decision to drop all socials because I saw myself getting addicted, and just the general absurdity of mindless scrolling in something i deep down knew was superficial. Its a trap, and i was in it. Since then i’ve filled my time with art, excercise, and the type of things I infatuated over as a kid, im still getting over the youtube and netflix bump, but its been such a great decision. Ans this has fully inspired me to take it a step further.
I never really thought there was other people like me, especially being 16, but your video has opened my eyes. It was sort of naive to assume I was alone, because bo matter what we think, theres more people like us than we could imagine, and this short 10 minute video makes me feel that little bit less alone. Thank you.
Deleting social media and allowing yourself to be not have your energy stolen has got to be the best way to become the best version of yourself.
I'm so glad content like this exists, thank you for being a rarity and sharing the truths about social media in such a relaxing and clear way. Over the last few years I've deleted snapchat, Instagram and be real. 100% you're right about just changing where you spend you're time, I did start to watch more Netflix and TH-cam. Time well spent watching this video, thank you again.
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
I deleted social media 3 years ago.. And now I'm 18 💪😁 .. At first it was tempting to reinstall.. But later I just forgot about it completely..
It's difficult but definitely worthy!!
You can do it too friend 👊🏻
I hope I can do that too! Really need to get rid of my meaningless addiction 😭
i deleted everything today thanks to your videos, this was the final straw. thank you so much for talking about this, i’m so happy to see there are other young people who agree that it’s bad and are willing to make a change. ❤️❤️
i love your profile picture!
Not just this... but being off social media has made me more of a private person. I've realized that I HATED everyone putting an input into my life and everything I do even if it's praise for things I did. I'd rather just do and never let others know now rather than have to post something so people can see I am doing something. Being private (or as some say "mysterious" lol) you give people a chance to look deeper and find more. One phrase I've come up with is "I'd rather know nothing about someone and learn the rest than know 'everything' and hope for the best". Not having social media makes me live in the moment now and learn about others in the moment and the tangible.
True 👍
I agree, everything gets so overwhelming with social media but when you have a more "private" life you don't have to worry about what other ppl think and you get to enjoy the moments more rather than feeling pressure to post something so others know what you're up to.
youtube is social media lol
@@Dice_RL not if i don't socialize... oh dang it i just did 😱
So lovely to see you giving guidance to others... honestly doom scrolling can leave you feeling so energetically depleted as you turn more and more into an sm zobie. Our time is so sacred and for anyone that still struggles with fully committing to deleting sm, I'd suggest downloading digital wellbeing apps to initiate your first social media cleanse 💖
I did that digital wellbeing thing and it's working well, now i limit my social media time i only got 45 min of Instagram a day, till i delete it.
I deleted all of my social medias 7 months ago and life became awesome! I feel positive everyday coz social media is full of negativity, I feel good about myself coz I stopped comparing myself on people with the “good life” social media posts, and I become contented of what I have in my home instead of pushing myself to get that “aesthetic “ home. I’m grateful that my things in my home have their own functionality and stay cleaned rather than to focus on being aesthetic. Life’s great without social media. I only watch youtube for entertainment and scroll in Pinterest coz it’s an art app for me hehe
I started watching your channel yesterday, and I'd just like to thank you. This is my first day quiting social media, or at least reducing my time on it by a lot, but already you've helped me so much. I'm 13, so I'm glad I'm kicking the habit early. Keep up the good work, as you are helping so many people to improve their lives.
I’m so proud of you ❤
when we feel boredom, we are probably on the right track there. when we get bored, creativity kicks in, but we have to learn to reconnect with it and yes, in that sense, youtube is not the best option, but at least it's not as schizophrenic as insta or snap, but definitely organizing goals and planning what we're going to do it's something good to control time, but hey, step by step we can go far!
I don’t have IG, TikTok, Twitter or Facebook and only use SC for taking pictures with 2 friends. I experienced all the toxicity of social media so I got rid of it. TH-cam was my go to for relaxing and watching informative videos but now I find myself wasting hours on shorts which is like TikTok
Started my detoxing journey yesterday and coincidentally bumped into your video.. Thank you, I've been working on my web development skills for about an hour straight and I'm glad I did. Thanks again, I'm glad I'm not alone
Friendly reminder that none of us are better than other people just because we had the ability to break our addictive cycle with social media. Other people may be facing circumstances or conditions that make it harder or don’t allow them to quit. Or they don’t realize that it is unhealthy. 💓
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
please don't stop doing content on this topic. what you share is so relatable and so motivating and helpful!!
you are the first person who ever congratulated me for deleting tiktok *crying emoji* thank you!
2 weeks ago my screentime said 10 hours a day. I just deleted insta, snap, tiktok, and messenger. Which I am highly addicted too. I don't have a job or school, pretty much at home all the time so really not much to do, but there are so many things I want to be doing, but instead I feel almost as if I need to be constantly on my phone to feel fulfilled. I'm tired all the time and feel sick. I was agoraphobic a long time (not leaving the house at all) and a couple days ago I went into the subway station after months of not having travelled. Every single person on the subway was on their phone. It scared me a lot to think we are all just robots now. I am so happy I bumped into this video today, cause I really needed this! Thank you for being such an inspiration and sending you all much love!
I relate with being isolated at home for a long ass time, it's easy to waste the whole day online doing absolutely nothing
Imagine a world filled up with people with this mindset 🙌🙌🙌
I’m missing out on all those trends, it hurts, but now I have so much time to do other stuff. I quit social media like 3 months ago didn’t open up a single game and my grades started to be crazy good. It was worth it and It’s sad that I realised it that late…
New here and loving it already. Welcome to youtube ✨
WOWWWW hello :) thank you! ❤
Not my two favorite youtubers are interacting, I love yall🤍🥺
The less social media interaction in my life has truly benefited me, I enjoy my life more and feel like I’ve been more productive and creative. Less anxiety and comparing my life to others, who are only showing their best moments. ❤
I deleted my social networks, all my friends called me crazy, stupid... and for a moment I believed it, but now that I live more in the present I realize that they are the crazy ones.
This video is like a tree full of tasy oranges in the midle of a dark and rotting field.Thank you.Greetings from Romania🤗🤠
So nice of you :) thank you so much , hello from Florida :))) ❤️❤️❤️
Reposting this from his last vid: This was literally a free TED Talk. For a 17yr old you speak eloquently and you dropped tonnes of wisdom - and making the main message about finding yourself and your purpose. I hope lots of people watch this. I personally did something radical - I downgraded from the latest iPhone 14 Pro to an iPhone SE 2020, and my goal was to only install bare essential apps (email, messages, banking, music, fitness, reading), with zero social media and no shopping apps (ebay, Amazon, etc). The SE is also only 64GB and combined with the very small battery life, means 1) I don’t install more apps as there’s just no space, and 2) the limited battery life means I won’t be picking up my phone a lot, to make the battery last. It’s refreshing making my phone a peripheral tool again, not the main character. I’m keeping the iPhone 14 Pro for when I travel so I have a good camera, lots of storage for pics and vids, etc, and use travel apps. I managed to get an old SE for real cheap, and maybe this approach can help others too. I was initially going to buy a simple phone (the ones with physical number keypads, or the Light Phone), but I do need to access my data within my iPhone/iCloud ecosystem and it made more sense for me to make my own “lite” phone via the SE and not mess up having fragmented messages, pics etc if I moved to a different ecosystem. I think it’s a perfect in-between of giving up the pull of an iPhone and its powerful apps, and having a lite phone that should just be there for the essentials.
thank you :) awesome :)
My only problem deleting social media is being isolated from friends, no one seems to text and it can be hard to find events or things like tattoo artists anywhere else nowadays..it’s a shame because I hate socials so much.
Totally understand the part about swapping out addictions, I quit smoking weed as it was ruining my life and found I swapped that addiction out for Netflix and then swapped that out for socials, I hate it and I want it all gone, it’s a journey but we got this :)
If someone wants to talk to you, they will find a way to talk to you
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Recently deleted all of my social media and I can now focus more on my life!! I spend 50 mins 4 days a week working out now! I’m so much happier and I’m not constantly comparing myself to others or feeling like I missing out! Great video!!
Thats amazing!! Good job!!
I agree with you. Social media is pointless. I don’t remember a time when I used social media and thought: “wow! I got so much value from scrolling on social media today! I got so much enjoyment and entertainment!” That literally never happened. It is just an addiction, it’s not something that I ever truly enjoyed. I’m glad I deleted all social media.
It's actually wild, I started moderating myself, first deleting social media then brought back the least invasive one for me. More or less my least favourite one to help keep in touch with friends nation wide. And now I'm starting to moderate my content intake on TH-cam and going for a run everyday. Which the run started out as a walk every day months ago. You're totally right about social media. It's bad for the brain. Great video
brooo but if i need to build my business HOW CAN I DO IT WITHOUT THOSE IF EVERYONE NOW IS GROWING AS FAST AS FUCK WITH THEM
if i don’t use social media it’s like going on a run race , but the other guy is on a 120HP motorcycle
Thank you for the video and your channel in general. Im 16 and recently deleted all social media. This year, my goal is to find at least 1 new hobby, exercise more (i workout in the morning, go for a walk and do just dance with my younger sister or even by myself on a typical day) and i wanna read at least 70 books (i read 59 last year while compulsively using social media). Im also trying to do more writing, starting painting, colouring more, working on other creative things (colouring, this cool diamond art thing i never started from a year ago, etc) and i find myself finding apps to replace the lack of social media in my life. Character ai, messages, youtube, netflix, etc, but im gonna try and stick to an hour or two a day max, and see if that helps me. Its not an easy thing to do, but im proud i at least started
Feels really good when i got to know there are young people like me who left these toxic apps and trying to live the life as it should be. When he told there an entire community of 300 member who share the same idea like i do it really overwhelms me & I rushed to join the community and believe that I'll meet some really cool people and make some friends.
I'm someone who has very important exams this year which will get me in college (I am 17 so yes this year is very important for me) and this social media has really made me go nuts and like there's just negativity in my life. What you said in the whole video is correct and i agree with you 100%. The precious time spent on Instagram snap is nothing compared to the productive things you can do without them. This video is necessary to all the teens who are spending their days doing nothing but scrolling. Thank you reece
wishing u good luck on your exams 🤍
@@chaoticrainstorm thank you so much, it means a lot 🫶🏻
Neet or Jee ?
@@Boldpiyush jee
I deleted all my social media and low key just transferred the time to TH-cam but in a way I’m glad cause in the time I actaully found new creators I love. I use TH-cam as a creative outlet and to find a new interest I guess you can say. There’s billions of ppl on this planet every body has a different perspective of life it’s nice to see other ppl live life. But I agree we have to use these outlets with boundaries. don’t just replace the social media apps. watch your screen time, use your focuses, lock your self out of your phone if you have to, shoot I’ve resorted back to having my mom take away mom phone for a lil while just so I can focus on some task I have been procrastinating on. Life is hard no matter where you are, or how old you are, what matters is your still trying
I love thisss. Lots of people always tells you to delete social media but they never tell you what to do afterwards, and I think that’s even more important than just the action of deleting them, we are addicted and deleting them it’s not gonna magically help you to get better, but what you do afterwards is what makes you have better habits, depending on what you decide to do. Thank you for this video, it is really a side that not everyone talks about
Its hard to find Conscious people in the age of insignificance , can't wait ❤ i ve already deleted all social media i feel so good ❤
really what ist what u doing ? how old u too?
Gonna start this today. I’ve been going through a mental battle for months about keeping my socials, I will take this as my sign to delete it all & focus on me.
As far as I can tell, the majority of people are nice. Spending time with your family, friends, neighbors, random people on the street, etc. gives you a true sense of humanity. Yes, there are many bad individuals in the world, but there are also many nice ones.
I wasn't even a social media addict, but after deleting all my social media just last month, my mental health is improving. Now, the fastest way for people to contact me is throungh e-mail or just to call my landline telephone, I still had it in my home. Truly life changing
honestly bro, i have hella respect that you're young and talking about this topic. Many people would mock or diss me if I said "TikTok is useless" too many people are influenced by social media.
Tiktok is useless actually 😭😂. I deleted it alongside Snapchat and Twitter
@@ololade_thegreat I been contemplating whether or not to delete Instagram, but damn I use it for so many things, it's super difficult to commit to that like shiiii
I don't know if I am the only one but since I deleted social media I ruminate a lot things I watched or read on it. It's even hard to concentrate on important task because I feel the negative emotions which come with it .
I’ve been thinking about wanting to delete social media for months and watching this gave me the final push to.
Thanks Reece 😭😌
It’s been a. Whole year since I removed social media from my life and people do call me weird there and then but there is so much to life without social media im no longer worried about anything that I didn’t want to see in social media it would constantly give me anxiety and worries and I would feel insecure cause people are very toxic in the internet but i feel good without it , I do know that im missing out on whatever is going on out in the world but nobody cars about anything and I don’t want to sit and watch others people’s life when I can be living mine and finding myself again the only reason why I let go of social media to see the changes and to have a private life now
I am 17 years old. The only social media app I’ve ever used is Pinterest, and recently I deleted that too coz it was getting too much addicting for me. I constantly wanted to check the pins and boards, which was affecting my attention pan and study schedules (Preparing for a competitive exam, so really gotta study harder than ever.) I even unsubscribed the channels on YT which weren’t adding to my growth and development. It has been peaceful so far :)
Exact situation. But deep down there's a fear that you are all alone and have no one to enjoy and your teenage years will pass too. I am 17 too
@@taeshi9541enjoy what their not you’re friends
Deleted social media, now i have to fix my attention span...
This video was the sign I needed. I've been wanting to delete social media for years but now I'm actually doing it because I'm sick of scrolling through this sea of toxicity. I've been addicted to many social media apps for years and when I got bored of one, I jumped to another one. I've deleted Tiktok and Twitter (on which I wasted a lot of time) but still hasn't deleted Instagram. I'm also pretty lonely so I escape from that (although I like being alone) being on social media and building meaningless parasocial relationships. I relate to what you said, I've replaced my time on those apps with time on Instagram and TH-cam. But today I'm stopping. I'm deleting Instagram and devoting myself to my most important things: studying, learning french, writing my novel and my poems and reading my beloved books 😊❤
I feel so good after deleting my social media it's been a year since I deleted them
Cause I put my future first I'm focusing on my studies now to get to the university I dreamed of and my final exams are in 9 days wish me luck to get a high degree
good luckkk 💛
All the best may God bless you and you get admission in your dream university 😌❤
Gd lock
Tawjihi girl by a chance?
May God be with you!!
The problem is not that we are afraid of boredom but the point is that we have no goals and no discipline.
-So you deleted social media
-*watching it on TH-cam👀*
I don't think I'm at the point where I can simply delete social media, but I've noticed that the most time I spend away from it, the less stress I receive from it. I sometimes like social media and some other times I totally hate it. I like it because I'm in a community where we talk about gaming and I love videogames, but at the same time there's a lot of toxicity all around. I usually stop looking at social media when I'm doing something in real life, that I know will be ruined by social media's negativity. Productivity, mood etc... even when I want to play a game that I've been waiting to play for a long time, I stay away because people are so toxic about content, while I want to enjoy it in the best way I can. Possibly in MY way, without being influenced by others.
l’m so happy you brought up this topic it’s been like a month since l’ve deleted social media and honestly it’s been incredible l’ve been constantly working out and focusing on getting more things done throughout the day
This! I deleted all socials and found myself gravitating towards watching more TH-cam. But... on TH-cam I am watching more docu style videos, selfcare, etc. I don't think TH-cam predisposes you to as much toxicity as social media. I feel good at least knowing I can put my phone down in social situations and open the door to communication (even if it is not reciprocated most of the time.)
I deleted snap a week ago. I’ve been replacing that time with practicing guitar and I’ve learned two new chords already!
i enjoy watching people in our generation waking up to how destructive social media can be. I hope that in the future many others will awaken and we will all be able to socialize authentically and in the present moment with others.
I’ve deleted all my socials except TH-cam. It’s been 3 months and I’ve tried to keep the videos I watch educational interesting and/or uplifting. I tend to listen while doing other stuff.
yeah, but now I have no idea what I wanna do and all the stuff that I can think of is related to going outside, and my mom ain’t gonna let me go outside besides our front and back yard 😭
Holy f*ck, man you're a true brother. We don't know each other and yet I really respect you, some people would call this brotherhood lol. But for real, hearing an other man explaining things I thought only me and maybe a couple of other people experienced.. it feels good, it feels great, it feels like I'm not 100% wrong and maybe there's really some common "obstacles" even in the right way to the best version of ourselves. Thank you 🙏🙌🏼
Honestly, the only reason why I haven't deleted social media is because I need it for school and communication to my friends and family. So I'm still trying to find a way to manage it. Since 2021 I started helping my mom in the house in doing the chores. I also got into Scrapbooking whatever I find in the house, Journaling, writing unsaid words and letters. I've been also reading books. But it's just so irritating because I always find myself returning into the internet no matter what :V
i think the underlying solution is discipline. this is one of the hardest things a human can manage on a daily basis in my opinion. our brains take the “lazy” route and will fight against a healthy habit we’re trying to create, because it enjoys instant gratification. although this is scientifically true, we still have the power to rework our patterns. try giving yourself a behavior intervention, like using prompts, rewarding yourself after completing a page of a scrapbook or reading 10 pages of a book, even set a specific time you want to do your hobbies to promote the behavior you wish to improve. just remember you ARE in control 🫶🏻 i struggle with this myself, but i also hate the idea of social media taking away time and energy
Social media is a brain dead activity. I deleted social media off my phone back in february and have not gone back since. I mainly did it because I was going through a breakup and felt that I was using it to destract myself, but in reality, I was seeing all the great things that others were posting and I started to feel as i was not good enought and became somewhat insecure and portrayed those insecurities out on others. I'm in a much better spot; however, I'm still trying to improve day by day and at my own pace. Great video Reece!
I deleted all of my social media, and it's amusing to come across this video. Currently, I'm investing my time in activities such as browsing TH-cam, going to the gym, painting, playing the guitar, Skateboard and more. The experience is significantly different now; I initiated the process of deleting social media a few days ago, and it's truly remarkable.
I actually went from 8 hrs daily to 3 hrs!! Ive been watching/reading a lot of wizard liz, reece daniels, emma chamberlain podcasts and mark manson books. I’m living the life broo ive never been more happier.
YEAHHHHH
Been a month that i quit Instagram. My dopamine receptors are i guess back to baseline levels. My focus and concentration has gotten better. So happy to see so many people in this journey. We have got this. Let’s choose to be not enslaved ❤️
Currently 18. Made insta when I was 11 and deleted it when I was 12. Not that I was a loner it never appealed to me. Made it again when I was 15 and deleted again in a month. Best decision I ever made. I see people my age fixated on it . Reality is dead I’m so so so grateful to see people like you
I got insta this year, I saw so many accounts from different people living all these great lives, bringing me down. So after less than a month I logged out of my account and never logged back on again. I'm so glad you did the same! It's sad that so many people are fixated on social media like this
I hope the next generation can bring reality back. I think we are lost. Too many of us are brainwashed…
i quit social media months ago and i feel amazing. i only use it like 50 minutes a day now, i spend most of my time reading, crocheting, playing games, going outside or playing with my cats. I've also noticed that people that don't use social media seem way more happier with themselves and are generally nicer people.
This guy is amazing. I’m going to delete my social media right away and try to be my old self again. I thank God He sent someone like you to motivate us. New subscriber here! 😁
Getting rid of social media and allowing yourself to be undistracted has got to be the best way to become your best self.
Isn’t TH-cam still considered social media?
I think this is more targeted forwards short form videos, and the death scroll apps (tiktok, insta, facebook, yt shorts) but youtube long form has more beneficial content imo
It depends! If you find yourself scrolling shorts and can't stop ... Then its gonna work as a time wasting thing for you but if you watch what's beneficial for you then it's a good thing 😌🫶🏽
i have learned so much here in youtube than the other platform apps that is spreading toxicity like tiktok i dont see any entertaining stuff in there only nudity, even tho you hide those kind of content it's still popping out on you for your page. and also much worse the toxicity of other content creators there was bullying other creators to gain more followers and using clout for views, like for real?. videos like this helps me a lot and also for the other people who wants to change their perspective in life. i thank you for posting videos like this, spread self improvement, spread positivity. have a good day everyone.
I am no more on any social media thanks to you! I feel like myself again. love youu! you kinda give me Atlas vibes (from It Ends With Us)
This is the best video I’ve watched about quitting social media 💯
You’re actually making more time for yourself both ways. Not only, do you remove the huge amount of time social media takes as a whole but you also save time by doing other things with that time. So you have a change in plans. The more you remove and do things more efficiently, the more you realize how much time we take for granted. In reality, we really have 16 hours out of our full day. We don’t even get 24 hours fr, be more aware of the time you spend
his sitting position and his words it feels like my big brother is giving me advice while sitting in front of me ( i dont have big bro) , subscribing ✨
i just want to share my experience right now. so i deleted all social medias since 2020 ( to be exact, in march ). and then these things happened to me which are good. No more comparison ( i dont spend my time thinking about comparing myself with others, especially as a girl, as me, beauty standard) as i really dont like taking pics of myself since i was young, seeing people being look so good on social media makes me just thinking abt not being fit in this beauty standard. now i just am being me, feel so nice and comfortable, focus on my goals, not wasting time with someone who is not real, a good friend so in conclusion, i cut off toxicity( just my opinion). but it's for me, some ppl use social medias to contact and keep in touch with friends and relatives and family. but for me, it was terrible. i'm okay now tho.