For a long time, I had in mind deleting and decluttering all my social media accounts, but, to be honest, I didn’t seem capable of doing that. I’m still too weirdly attached and addicted to some social media accounts, so I couldn’t gather enough courage to just delete them.
So I took baby steps.
I started first with my personal Twitter account. Unfollowing people I didn’t care about or wasn’t interested in. And you know what? I ended up with a quite tiny amount of people I was following.
After that, I gave it some time, to see how it would go.
Nothing. That’s what happened. Literally nothing. I was not interacting with any of them via Twitter. The people that I care about the most I have direct contact. Either with Whatsapp or in person.
So why did I have that Twitter account? To enter once in a while, start scrolling endlessly to see tweets from people I was not even following, or to read the same shit comments you find in any Twitter post?
I deleted the account.
I started to see social media as a tool, rather than something ‘social’. And in that case, it was not functioning as a tool, so, it went away.
This gave me some momentum.
Yesterday I started doing the same with my Facebook account. First, I deleted all the pictures I had there. Honestly, who cares about those pictures? And more importantly, why should Meta have my pictures?
Then, I move towards decluttering my Facebook friends. And not surprisingly, I ‘unfriended’ 2/3 of all the friends I had.
And there I was. Standing in front of my Facebook page, with nearly no publications, and fewer ‘Facebook friends’, and asking myself: Why do I need this Facebook account now?
Honestly, for nothing. Even some of the remaining ‘friends’ left there I haven’t talked with them in years. So again, and it might sound harsh, but they are not my friends anymore.
Time, to delete another social media.
Next day
One day has passed, and… god I can’t live without those accounts. Nah, just kidding. I’m actually feeling good. I wouldn’t say I feel totally free, I still have my personal Instagram account. And that one is the real deal. The last milestone to overcome. As it contains the most amount of followers, likes, and all of that.
And at the same time, that account is the one that feels heavier in my mind. I really want to delete it. But I’m not ready yet. So I did baby steps again, to gain momentum. I deleted 90% of the pictures I had on my Instagram. And again, as I suspected, It felt good.
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