I'm looking forward to reading the parts of this series, I also believe I have a declining relationship with Instagram in general but my phone in particular- I feel like I've reached a point where I just don't want to be spending large amounts of my time staring and scrolling on my phone
Whenever I pick-up my phone, due to boredom, procrastination, etc...I remind myself that I didn’t have this device to side-track me for nearly 2/3 of my life. I (usually) put my phone down immediately and pick-up a book!
I love this, Chelsey! I too had a long and complicated break-up with Instagram. Such a dysfunctional relationship, tbh! One thing that helped me finally break away was seeing how little traffic it was actually driving to my new work (here) ~ my audience there did give me a huge boost when I started my Substack, but then fueled decreasing amounts of new traffic after that. I let it slowly trickle out, but I did keep my account active so I can check in with some people there via DM and also as a little time capsule of a time period in my life. I’m excited to read more of your breakup story!
I definitely wouldn't want to lose the time capsule either! I think I'm headed your way, maybe popping in only when I want to promote something like, oh...a February romance list? *wink* but only doing that for like 2 weeks then saying peace out again. We'll see where I land after this project! I've always admired your sharing and journey with IG!
Thank you for this series! I’ve always been pretty good about stepping away from my phone but then a pandemic happened and now I hate to say it but I think I’m addicted. I really look forward to hearing how your IG relationship has evolved and thank you for your honesty!
I'm looking forward to reading the parts of this series, I also believe I have a declining relationship with Instagram in general but my phone in particular- I feel like I've reached a point where I just don't want to be spending large amounts of my time staring and scrolling on my phone
Whenever I pick-up my phone, due to boredom, procrastination, etc...I remind myself that I didn’t have this device to side-track me for nearly 2/3 of my life. I (usually) put my phone down immediately and pick-up a book!
Same. Especially after being so sucked into its vortex for the last few years!
I love this, Chelsey! I too had a long and complicated break-up with Instagram. Such a dysfunctional relationship, tbh! One thing that helped me finally break away was seeing how little traffic it was actually driving to my new work (here) ~ my audience there did give me a huge boost when I started my Substack, but then fueled decreasing amounts of new traffic after that. I let it slowly trickle out, but I did keep my account active so I can check in with some people there via DM and also as a little time capsule of a time period in my life. I’m excited to read more of your breakup story!
I definitely wouldn't want to lose the time capsule either! I think I'm headed your way, maybe popping in only when I want to promote something like, oh...a February romance list? *wink* but only doing that for like 2 weeks then saying peace out again. We'll see where I land after this project! I've always admired your sharing and journey with IG!
Thank you for this series! I’ve always been pretty good about stepping away from my phone but then a pandemic happened and now I hate to say it but I think I’m addicted. I really look forward to hearing how your IG relationship has evolved and thank you for your honesty!
It's really hard to admit that it IS an addiction, right?! But yeah I'm addicted to my phone. And I hate it!