Social media is an incredible tool. It let's someone on the other side of the world get introduced to such an amazing person and creator as yourself. It can get to the point where the constant checking becomes unhealthy. Nothing is going to change your incredible photo whether you share it now or later. There's a quote from a queer movie which eludes me at the moment but it's something along the lines of missing out on things while you're taking photos. In this context the filtering and the captioning makes you miss out on the experiences you're having, so posting it at the end of the day etc and actually immersing yourself in the moment sounds like a very healthy way to do things.
"What are you looking for??" YES!! I have that moment when I've gone to bed early, Im scrolling through social media and then suddenly it's 2am 🤦. I definitely want to start spending less time looking at my phone.
I checked my phone to see how much I use my phone daily and it was over 16hours a year ago. Lol now that I’m in school I’ve gotten it down to 11 hours. I’m not sure if it’s my generation (Gen Z) or the fact that I have boomer parents I’m in lockdown with. But I found that I use my phone for music for 9hours a day minimum. I think for me the healthy phone mindset was me completely ignoring all social media except for RU-vid (and Twitter occasionally) to watch while I’m studying. I think the big problem for me was 100% social media. But if I’m just using my phone to listen to music to manage my anxiety than I’m ok with my 9 hours haha. I think that’s one of the reasons I hate Instagram so much. My generation grew up on it and it was mainly used to bully anyone who wasn’t rich at my school. So I guess I stay off social media and purposefully surround myself with positive and constructive uses for social media, like your RU-vid channel. Basically, I agree with you. Find the healthy balance that works for you, and supports you, not takes over and drains the experience out of life 💜
