Coffee House Writers

Top Menu

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Creativity
    • Culture
    • Design
    • Family
    • Fashion
    • Fiction
    • Food
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Home
    • Lifestyle
    • Memories
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Politics
    • Relationships
    • Sports
    • Style
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
    • Poetry Editors
    • Advertising Team
    • Recruiting Team
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login

logo

Coffee House Writers

  • Home
  • Article Categories
    • Creativity
    • Culture
    • Design
    • Family
    • Fashion
    • Fiction
    • Food
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Home
    • Lifestyle
    • Memories
    • Nonfiction
    • Poetry
    • Politics
    • Relationships
    • Sports
    • Style
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder
  • Meet Our Admin
    • Chief Editors
    • Editors
    • Poetry Editors
    • Advertising Team
    • Recruiting Team
  • Testimonials
  • Apply
  • Login
  • Self Allegiance

  • Abstract

  • What Comes Down the Chute

  • Magical Convergences

  • En Medias Res

  • September

  • Back Roads

  • Find Your Passion and do it with Desire and Purpose

  • Turning Forty

  • Sick at Netherfield

  • I’ll Pull One

  • A Piece Of Deadwood

  • The Island Flamingo: Chapter 17

  • Perils of Gaming

  • Paradise Falls: Chapter 8

  • Autumn Whispers

  • The Red Maiden, Part Twenty

  • The Witching Hour

  • Getting Away with Murder

  • The Inhabitants

  • All the Books

  • The Vampire of Longbourn

  • Cause of Death

  • An Ode to Swedish Metal

  • Éowyn, Queen of Earth

  • Reading Values

  • Autumn, Halloween’s Escort

  • The Thing About Football

  • Score Success for Two

  • The Island Flamingo: Chapter 16

EnvironmentHealthCultureMediaRelationshipsMemoriesTechnology
Home›Environment›A Year Without Social Media

A Year Without Social Media

By Sarah Dowell
December 3, 2018
986
0
Share:
Social Media, Phone
Photo courtesy of Robin Worrall via Unsplash

There was a point about three years ago that I got tired of the drama. I couldn’t handle it anymore! The first thing I eliminated? My Facebook. There was a while there that I didn’t have a Facebook account, and I didn’t want to. That meant no Instagram and no Facebook and I was okay with that. It didn’t stop me from going online; it prevented me from creeping on what my old friends were doing.

I would reopen my Facebook accounts in spurts. I’d open it for a short time; then my anxiety would take over. I’d hate that I lacked control over who could contact me so much, I would delete it. I had a Twitter account – it was under a fake name though, and I made some online friends through Twitter, Skype, YouTube, apps that didn’t require me to have a Facebook.

I’d immediately close it, so I knew no one I didn’t want to contact me could contact me. There were times I’d forget to deactivate the Facebook account all the way, but I wasn’t interested in it. I wouldn’t have an interest in Instagram; I wouldn’t have an interest in any form of social media, all I did was check my Twitter account, watch my friends’ videos, watch my friends live stream. I’d just hang out by myself.

What I learned before reactivating it though – not everyone has the life that they will portray on Facebook or Instagram. I’ve done it, and I’m sure you’ve done it. Everyone has posted things were better than what they were. They don’t want to post the downsides of their lives.

Yes, I know that’s an option on Facebook, but I’ve always felt Facebook was a little more public about everything. It was harder to hide.

There are many reasons to close a Facebook account, but my primary purpose was hiding. What I learned during that year was I improved my self-esteem and became a confident person. I grew more satisfied and content with myself, my hopes and my dreams. I did some soul searching and realized that many people I held dear didn’t deserve their placement.

My confidence grew, my self-esteem grew, and I realized that social media is nothing more than that. It’s a different way to stay in contact with people. Don’t take everything you see on any form of social media to heart. As cliche as it sounds that’s where people put their best foot forward. They get to pick and choose what you want them to see. I was seeing people as they were. Without social media, I felt more connected to people than I did before. I didn’t have as many connections, but the connections felt more real than they did when everything was online. I felt happier with the people that I was around. 

I’m now at a point where I’m back on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, the works. I have all social media, but I’ve learned now – don’t take it so seriously. It’s just the Internet.

 

TagsWhisperlearningFriendsCommunityMemoriesSocial MediaTwitterTechnologyInstagramcell phoneFacebookStressChangecomputerfriendshipinternetRelationships
Previous Article

The Devil He Became… The Ending

Next Article

To Catch a Creature: Epilogue

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Sarah Dowell

Just a girl from the midwest with a lifelong passion for writing.

Related articles More from author

  • CreativityRelationshipsFictionPoetryMemories

    Winter Spring

    March 16, 2020
    By Heidi E. Cruz
  • CreativityPoetryMemoriesEntertainment

    September Shadows

    September 7, 2020
    By Calpernia Charles
  • HealthMediaCreativityMemoriesEntertainmentCultureLifestyleEnvironment

    Treat Yourself

    April 26, 2021
    By Stephanie Wyatt
  • theater program, pinocchio, north idaho
    MusicCultureCreativityFamilyPoetry

    Importance of Art

    November 19, 2018
    By Alena Orrison
  • Looking at sky, and dreaming
    PoetryMemoriesLifestyle

    Moonlight Words

    October 31, 2022
    By Ivor Steven
  • MediaFamilyRelationshipsPoliticsCulture

    5 Reasons We’re Happy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Was Picked Back Up

    May 14, 2018
    By Cait Marie

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You may be interested

  • Light Nature
    CreativityRelationshipsFictionMemoriesHome

    The Light Across the Room

  • A girl on a moving train
    PoetryMemories

    My Dream Calls

  • Girl on railroad tracks
    PoliticsCultureStyleMediaCreativityEnvironmentDesignEntertainment

    Writing The Cinematic Novel: Act I-Getting The Opening Image Right

Timeline

  • September 25, 2023

    Self Allegiance

  • September 25, 2023

    Abstract

  • September 25, 2023

    What Comes Down the Chute

  • September 25, 2023

    Magical Convergences

  • September 25, 2023

    En Medias Res

Latest Comments

  • A Piece of Deadwood, is in this Week’s Coffee House Writers Magazine – Ivor.Plumber/Poet
    on
    September 18, 2023
    […] Hello dear readers and followers, I am now writing for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on ...

    A Piece Of Deadwood

  • Cast In Marble (is up at Coffee House Writers Magazine) – Ivor.Plumber/Poet
    on
    September 8, 2023
    […] Hello dear readers and followers, as you may know, I now write for “Coffee House ...

    Cast In Marble

  • In This Limbo, (at Coffee House Writers) – Ivor.Plumber/Poet
    on
    September 8, 2023
    […] https://coffeehousewriters.com/in-this-limbo/ […]

    In This Limbo

  • A Day At The Race, (is up at Coffee House Writers Magazine) – Ivor.Plumber/Poet
    on
    September 8, 2023
    […] Hello dear readers and followers, as you may know, I now write for “Coffee House ...

    A Day At The Races

  • A Welcoming Roar, is up at Coffee House Writers Magazine – Ivor.Plumber/Poet
    on
    September 6, 2023
    […] Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a ...

    A Welcoming Roar

Find us on Facebook

About us

  • coffeehousewriters3@gmail.com

Follow us

© Copyright 2018-2023 Coffee House Writers. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s administrator and owner is strictly prohibited.