How Quitting Social Media Changed My Life | 1 Year Later

#socialmedia #detox #instagram

[@amandacarolineplotegher5278]

Off line is the new luxury 🙏🏻⭐️

[@xo_CoCo]

Haha yes! I love this!

[@avgholson8143]

Say it again!

[@ahill305able]

Life is so much more enjoyable not having to worry about making a moment that’s “postable”.

[@xo_CoCo]

100% you literally get to live in the moment!

[@angelaroberts2882]

Ughhhhhh exactly!!!

[@monicacalais1039]

Amen to that! 💯

[@szxnc]

And focusing more on how your life feels instead of how your life looks

[@valentina73889]

Lucky u

[@javierjaime9386]

The moment you delete social media is because you reached a higher level of consiousness thats why others woudnt do the same.Its not their time and maybe it will never be their time.

[@CookWithStephh]

When I tell people I have no social media they are so confused lol

[@josannelochanmd]

I agree that the comparing yourself is more subtle. I deleted my IG account in June 2020, reloaded in 2021 after 1 year and deleted it again because this thing is emotionally, physically and spiritually exhausting.

[@sincerelysandi]

You better say that🙏🏽

[@kidjiujitsu]

Just deactivated all my social media. I had to get that fake mess out of my life. It’s going to be rough. I tried before and failed. I’m going to go hard this time.

[@TerezGemma]

I deleted my Facebook 2 weeks ago and I’ve been leaning off of Instagram. I wanted to document my journey in nursing school on social media but the pressure and jealously of others I couldn’t take anymore. Plus the whole comparison thing is real!! And the feeling of having to post. Also I realized how so many people fake so much of their lives on social media. It’s honestly too much. I want to feel peace and calmness. Nursing school is already a lot as it is!

[@ReenelT]

Sis Instagram was low-key killing me. I was wasting so much time on there. I had to tell myself it's enough. 2weeks ago, I deleted my Instagram. I feel great, no need to go back there.

[@breadiva7205]

Post your video on RUclips and make money

[@quackthebunny]

​@@ReenelTit has been two weeks for me now, without Instagram. But when my friends call me again like- comeback it's so much fun out there, why aren't you posting any stuff? Are you alive or not- like that and all, is actually a burden to me, which I can't tell them. How did you handle it?

[@candy2325]

I took a month off Instagram and my attitude about it has changed. I didn’t delete it because I use it for my photography photos as a hobby. But I’m not posting stories and keeping the masses up to date about my personal life. I actually think Instagram can get pretty boring after awhile. The same memes and self care quotes posted over and over again. I personally like to follow other photography people and get inspired by their content. I like taking breaks off of it and don’t have the urge to check likes and comments

[@susu130390]

I’m so proud of you 👍🏼 I deleted my Instagram and I was able to concentrate more on what I’ve got rather than what others have

[@WordsPictures997]

"Get back to you" that hit me.
I truly relate to this video but didn't have the organized language to articulate it. Thank you so much for doing this.

[@mignoncobra]

Omg....I didn't know someone else could experience the unbearable feeling I was feeling! I'm also 30 and was on ig for 10 + years, I can relate so much. Thank you so so much for making this video, I have nothing but gratitude.

[@kathleenencarnacion3383]

Thank you for sharing your experience being on social media as well as off of it. I deleted my instagram a couple of years ago because it truly was becoming so overwhelming and exhausting for me. I made a new insta in august and deleted it fully again in October and I'll almost make another year without it without any plan on going back on ever. You have made some great points and I believe it comes down to living fully immersed in the present without feeling the need to tell all of the "followers" about it. Your perspective is refreshing and reiterates why I won't get back onto instagram. :)

[@JuliaShalomJordan]

I’ve ghosted Facebook and Insta for a year and I feel SO good!🙌🏻🌸

[@myadebique6004]

Immediately subbed. I relate so much! My self-hatred was becoming unbearable due to social media (especially Instagram). It had to go

[@sincerelysandi]

I understand what you mean, but do know that your heart is pure and your mind is in the right place. Social media can sometimes wreck your mental health. So do what you think is best for your soul, because you are winning and you're not missing a thing. I subscribed, and would love to see more from you.

[@xo_CoCo]

Thank you so much! These are great words for everyone hear (read) 🥰!

[@jlnae]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m in the mist of removing social media from my phone except for RUclips and Pinterest. I appreciate your perspective.

[@M0101EP]

Good luck. I've done this too. How do you feel?

[@madkittyjoey70]

After watching many videos of other people leaving social media, I got the impulse to delete my Facebook account and I acted out on it. 10 months now and I can honestly say that I don't regret my decision.

[@LA-lq1zf]

I remember the day I deleted Facebook, 14 years ago. I cried in front of the computer and told myself I would miss it so much and I would feel left out but that I would be okay. I was for a few years until Instagram showed up in my life… I haven’t been able to break up with it, because photography hobby but I do go 4-5 months of breaks every year.

[@madkittyjoey70]

@@LA-lq1zf At first I felt sad leaving and was worried about being left out from everything. But eventually it sunk in that all it was going to be was a bunch of gossip, political rants, and irrelevant photos. Plus a lot of the people I went to school with that were on my list of friends didn't talk to me all that much. After I clicked on the delete button, I felt happy being at one with my own way of thinking.

[@keontelee6571]

Wow this really resonated with me! Thanks so much for sharing your experience and giving me a boost to do a social media detox.

[@xo_CoCo]

Thank you for watching Keonté ❤️❤️❤️

[@ranplan]

Well said! I’ve done so many social media experiments over the years, trying to find what works for me. Some days I’m ready to completely ditch it all. Haven’t gone that far yet. Really appreciate your point of view!

[@briana_1]

I wish I deleted social media a couple years ago but now is the time fa 2024✨

[@byst017]

👑👑👑👑 queen levels, I’ve only been off of it for 90 days but it’s worth it fr!!

[@tiffanyd.8660]

Thanks sis, I really value you making this video. This is exactly where I am with it right now. I need to get back to myself. My heart, my soul, my spirit has been so neglected and abused with my time on social. And like you said, none of it even matters in real life. 🙏🏽

[@Beardygrizzly]

Thank you for sharing you’re story. I quit social media and I’m never going back.

[@allisonemig8578]

Excellent! This message is a blessing! You are a very wise woman, and all this is very true! 😊🕊️🙌

[@bunnybeetle1304]

Read “You Are Not a Gadget” by Jaron Lanier, he also talks about why we are bullies online.

[@annevergara7220]

You just articulated everything I felt before quitting socmed. Life is so much brighter in the offline side. Cal Newport's Digital Minimalism and Deep Work books somehow helped actualize my decision.

[@daianaaaart]

14:09 you had me laughing because this is so true!

[@epicxochi]

this is so inspiring! the way you break down exactly how social media negatively impacted you totally resonated with me. I’ve been addicted to social media and the instant gratification/dopamine hits for around 7 years now! I’ve taken many breaks but I’m afraid to pull the trigger and deactivate/delete my accounts. right now I’m on a “break”, only listening to podcasts and watching youtube videos here and there, and it’s very liberating, but I always fall back into the same vicious cycle. I want to reach the level you’re at where you fill all your time up with hobbies, interests, self care, etc. do you think I should get rid of my accounts for good?

[@Danielle.Saavedra]

Loved all your points here. I definitely related to all of them. I haven’t had snap chat or Facebook in years but Instagram is the one weighing me down I feel. Hoping to cut it for good. Thanks for this video! ❤

[@alezandradavila2581]

Yea people act like they know you and they don’t it’s just so stupid

[@BatmanBateman.]

very relatable. thanks for sharing. glad i wasnt alone at that point

[@l5hari]

I suffer a lot and I was looking for a way to leave these things, I got sick a lot and I decided to leave

[@everythingbeautyboutique5002]

I love your space looks beautifully put together ❤

[@adnan84839]

Very honest. Thank you for sharing.

[@rhythmworkshop7926]

The best thing you can do!!! Because there is absolutely nothing social about social media. The word social media is totally misleading. What is supposed to be social about it?

[@StephanySantiagoM]

Awesome vídeo. I'm on my process too I can relate everything you said 👏👏

[@bellasheehan]

Loved this! Would love more conversations on this topic.

[@drugfr33]

Proud of you!

[@tylervervynck6754]

Great video ! Thanks for this ❤️

[@g.diaries]

You made so many good points

[@inermus]

I've been trying to get off social media little by little, I deleted my facebok over 3 years ago and I haven't had any problems since it became old people fighting in the comments and my parents posting what they ate today, so I don't care a lot, what if it is difficult for me to go out now is instagram that more than the fact of comparing and such is the fact of missing things, it is that anxiety that causes me to let go of an opportunity such as a concert or a fair that there is and depending on my friends who have social networks to know about those events, now I only use twitter which, well let's say it's not the best social network , but I still want to leave it I feel like it makes me very sick, but if you have any advice for that or how you have taken you would help me a lot, thank you very much for your video :D.

[@l5hari]

I thank you very much for this video and I listened to you a lot and your words are true with regard to social communication, and because it has many harms, including mental health, or comparing ourselves with other people on Instagram or, for example, we see someone's life better than ours, And that's bad, I'm saying there's no fun in this

[@arnettsmith563]

miss coco,you are amazing.luv ya

[@xo_CoCo]

Thank you!

[@kevindavis4709]

If you think about it? Celebrities have more privacies than every day average people posting their business on social media.

[@priyankadey6868]

really helpful video!😃

[@BEACHDUDE71]

I only have TikTok and RUclips

[@FUUUUU1111]

If only the sound would be better quality. :)
Logged off the Instagram like a year ago and don’t feel like coming back. Removed facebook page long time ago. Now I don’t know how to stop watching videos on RUclips and writing these dumb comments. Please help.

[@RLT549]

Good for you sis

[@bernadettecarrol3254]

❤thank you sm

[@RapFanatic4ever]

I just got booted off my Facebook today and I couldn’t reset my password .

[@madkittyjoey70]

Trust me, you'll feel good without it. I deleted my FB account 10 months ago on impulse and I really don't have any regrets.

[@liaarteaga5453]

I relate so much to the family part

[@user-bi3iy5yy2s]

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