for the first half of today i repetitively checked ig so i dont know if i can consider this "day 1" of not checking insta but .... i dunno thatll be tomorrow, this is just the first night
im not checking it because being stuck in the house until august has been making me lose my marbles and i desperately need attention from my IRL friends so i check every few minutes to see that i have 0 notifications and its getting to the point where its affecting my nervous system and my stomach because the loneliness rlly disappoints me and frickkkkkk i miss my manmnnnn...... so im just not gonna look anymore.‼️🫶 instead im going to watch every movie that was ever made and do some reading and some writing and start compulsively checking friendrewind instead (joke) and practice guitar. theres a slim chance i might record my guitar playing and post it here but im not really good right now... so i dont know how long that will take
Im going to set a goal for myself to not check instagram untillll wednesday at the earliest if im a weak little baby. and next saturday if im feeling stronger than the world itself and also EVIL (people probably would have sent me messages by then and if i dont even get online until next saturday that might be concerning for whoever does actually try to message me especially because of the kind of person i am)
anyway guys give me encouragemsnt. Plz. Thanks. Maybe say something mean to me about how im so dependent on checking my insta notifications so i get insecure about it and am more motivated to not look at it. Ref say something......
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EmpireSquare
highly recommend getting screenzen, such a good app if you're trying to stop checking certain apps out of habit or reduce your overall usage. ive been trying to reduce my time on youtube, especially getting out of the habit of needing to sleep with it, and i set my app to only allow me on youtube between 5pm-8pm. i've heard it's also better to set a schedule rather than a timer because then you're not still compulsively checking
I would get one of those apps that lock other apps but the thing is i can also use insta on a browser 😭 so i dont bother with them
my first idea was to only let myself check insta at certain times but it didnt work so im just gonna take a long-ish break
by 𖤐 anya marie; ; Report
lychexo
dude ur SO much stronger than me. i deadass cannot go a day without checking insta or my friends would think im dead 😭 anyways, wishing u luck on ur journey 2 not be driven insane!! 🙌
thank u twin, for the words of encouragement, i am indeed very strong 🙂↕️ i actually had to do this exact thing a couple years ago where i went offline for 13 days for a similar reason and i remember thinking afterwards that it was something i rlly needed so im thinking why not try again?
by 𖤐 anya marie; ; Report
if it helps then u should definitely go for it!! i think decompressing OUTSIDE of being on social media helps a lot :)) i might try it out as well.. in solidarity !! (maybe for a shorter amount of time tho.. T_T)
by lychexo; ; Report