No social media for 24 hours....

Well, I did it.
No checking social media for 24 hours.

Okay, except for the one work-related message, which doesn't count because it is work, and didn't go through the Facebook app, only messenger, and it was reply and send only (just being honest lol).

Oh hey, look! I even have an image for you. Do you know just how many notifications I had on that thing after 24 hours? Here's a hint, you can't actually look at them all, Facebook gives up after a while ;)

But the results?

I actually partially cheated because I knew that I was driving to pick up the kids today - 2 hours there and 2 hours back... that's at least 4 hours I wasn't going to be checking it anyway.

But I didn't even feel like checking it when I was waiting at Maccas for the kids and Mum to turn up. I did browse realestate.com.au (anyone that knows us knows that this is our hobby lol), but otherwise, I was all good.

I didn't even take any photos.

Not one.

I got home and checked my work emails and answered any messages I needed to, and... that was it. I tried browsing Facebook. I 'liked' a couple of posts, but I didn't actually want to be on there. I flicked through Instagram. And then turned it all off and got stuck into some work.

That was weird.

And the only time I got my phone out at footy training this evening was to check an email relevant to a conversation I was having and text my husband.

Going forward I have to try really hard to minimise my time spent on social media. I think by putting work duties first (scheduling posts etc) I should be able to manage it.

Did I also mention that during my social media free time yesterday I cleaned out four drawers and a box in my office? I can actually see my desk.

It was also a jolt to realise just how much time is wasted, and how very easy it is to lose track of that time when lost in the web of social media posts.

Oh, and just how many times I reach for the phone to "just check" on something.

That was a physical shock actually. You find your hands doing it almost autonomously.

I'm definitely going to set aside small amounts of time to clean up my Facebook groups and pages and keep weeding through my Instagram feed. Just little bits at a time should do the trick. There's a lot of nonsense to sort through.

All this spare time to actually get things done.

And maybe read a book or two.

Now there's a thought....