I think I’ll continue to take Lent as a time to challenge myself, not necessarily for religious reasons, but because it’s an essential part of growth. I’ve never taken a Lenten vow this intense before, but the reward is certainly there. I’ve found where my values are, what I believe in, and I’d like to think I’m a better person because of this. I feel like this experience was a success overall. However, I am scared to get rid of the app because it serves as a good buffer instead of giving out my phone number and I mostly reach out to people exclusively through Snapchat. This clearly has a negative psychological impact that I feel often. I know the app was deliberately designed to hook you by adding more invasive features like allowing you to see when users are on and showing you how long you have been left on delivered or on opened. Part of me wishes I could do a cleanse from Snapchat for a similar amount of time to see how I feel afterwards. The app can consume you for hours if you let it, and for that reason I don’t think I need it in my life. The app took way too much of my productivity away, and I can say without a doubt negatively contributed to my productivity. The only reason I want to keep it is so I can background check guys before going on a date to see if they’re normal and if they have friends. I did not use Instagram nearly as much as TikTok before this, but I don’t see much of an appeal to the app at all anymore. I instantly redownloaded Instagram at midnight and I ultimately wasn’t very satisfied. I think this is something that everyone should consider doing to test whether they are dependent on something that they use a lot, TikTok is clearly a great example of that. I’m very proud of myself that I had the willpower to push through. I guess the first positive thing is I made it, without cracking once. I feel that there’s no better fitting end than to update everyone on how my promise to give up Instagram and TikTok for 46 days went.
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