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How and Why I Minimized Social Media Use
Not for everyone to do, but it worked out well for me!
Though social media has benefits, cutting back on its usage wasn’t a huge deal, except that it took a while and some commitment.
I minimized using it because I wanted more time for other things and felt my social media usage could be modified. The process took a couple of years, with Facebook being the first platform to adjust. Gradually, my posts have been mostly limited to occasional family events, my Medium story links, and checking on birthdays.
Even though managing time was my main concern in trimming tech usage, less strain on the body from sitting in front of a computer, holding a phone, or moving a mouse was another advantage. So it helped with Tech Neck, also.
After a while, other platforms were streamlined too.
The following change was with Instagram. I had been using Instagram for some time and posting many things (oddly, many began with an ‘f’) like family, friends, flowers, favorite products, food — fun stuff! Over a few months, I made fewer posts than usual and shared an occasional story. Stories are easy enough to post and can be found in Archive if I want to reference. It’s a way for me to save info.
