How am I actually doing...

In my last post, I talked about how my mental health wasn’t in the best place, but lately, I’ve been feeling amazing! I noticed whenever I was bored or wanted to run away from my problems I would go on my phone and scroll through social media. Then I would get sad looking at my friends, celebrities, and random peoples live perfect lives. So last week I decided to disconnect from my phone and the online world. For two days (I know that’s not a long time lmao) the only way people could get in connect with me was via email or facetime I muted all my social media, and messages. IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE! Those two days I had actual conversations with my parents about my life, what I want to accomplish, and they told me stories about them growing up. I even face time with two of my best friends who I haven’t spoken to face to face in so long. I was so in the moment and felt connected to these people than I haven’t in a long time.

During day two of my cleanse I was living my best life and I remember thinking I want to extend this cleanse for another day. Unfortunately that day a lot was going on that needed my attention immediately, so I ended up having to text people and end my cleanse sooner than expected. It bummed me out, but I realized I didn’t need to end my cleanse rather I just need to make myself less dependent on my phone. It was hard at first just because people were texting me again, sending me messages on Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. The progress I had in those 1.5 days seemed lost, but then I put on my Fitbit. Yea my Fitbit LMAO! I connected it to my phone and it alerts me when someone gives me a message and I don’t need to keep my phone on me 24/7. I also only go on social media for a total of an hour a day and I love it!!! Honestly, these past 4-5 days have been the best I’ve had in a while and a simple change caused that. I would recommend to everyone to disconnect and be more in the moment.