Thirty one days • Trente-et-un jours. In the month of October, you may have noticed a lack of @sarahlalondee on your Twitter feeds and even the absence of @sarahannelalonde checking your Snapchat and Instagram stories… Well, I was a little busy changing my life… You know, undoing bad habits and being more present in my life. That old chestnut! Matthieu and I completed a social media detox for a month. We made up our own little list of apps we were and were not allowed to visit. After we made this list, we deleted the apps on our phone (because God forbid I would not have enough self-control at the time to not have used them). not allowed |
I even found one of my top podcasts (The Minimalists) mentioning the fact that humans are scared of being bored. In episode 201, they focus on the idea of Slowing Down. It's quite the dilemma. You can check it out here: https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/ |
SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX - STUDENT version
This was not a project. It was not graded. It was a simple and fun challenge I wanted to put them through in order for them to grow. 8/11 students decided to cut out all social media from their lives for FIVE FULL DAYS. (Yes, that means no TIK TOKS!)
overall realizations:
- I want to be more intentional with my social media use.
- I have no need for Instagram, as it does not necessarily bring value in my life.
- I still enjoy using Snapchat to communicate the best with some of my friends, but do not allow myself to check the stories.
- I wanted to keep Twitter because of a few reasons: the sense of belonging I feel, the desire to contribute to the space and other educators, seeing Tweets ignite me... but I do need to cut back.
- I now have the self-control to have these apps on my phone and USE them intentionally.
- I am beginning the book: Digital Minimalist to dive even deeper into this concept!
- Reflecting on the process is KEY 🔑
Sarah Lalonde
New Digital Minimalist Apprentice
Sarah, I applaud you for what you did here. I know that I couldn’t do it. Tweeting, like blogging, is one of the key ways that I self-regulate. It lets me reflect, and sometimes, it lets me escape, so that I can rejoin in to social situations and experiences with gusto. Curious if others find the same. Just the thought of this kind of break makes me feel incredibly dysregulated. So very intrigued by you and others that do this, but so very conflicted in doing the same,
Aviva
Aviva! Thank you for taking the time to read this :) I definitely love using Twitter for all the same reasons as you... Don't get me wrong, it was hard and I felt as though I was lacking that reflection and stimulation (professionally). Coming back on social media now, I found that I have changed my habits - in a healthy way!
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