Why do I feel obligated to delete a picture when there aren't over 100 likes? Why do I have to go through tens of filters to find the one that makes me look the best? Why do I stress about such a minuscule thing? These are questions I often find myself thinking about. Today I decided it was time to delete my Instagram and Twitter, I don't post too often on Instagram but on twitter I do. The more I think about it the more I know I am wasting my time. Instead of actually sitting with my mom and having a conversation I am wrapped up in what other people are posting a picture of. Most of the people I follow, probably 75%, I don't even talk to. I couldn't tell you why I care about the pictures they post, but apparently I do. And everything on social media is a competition in a way. Who gets more likes? Whose picture is nicer? Some people use it in a way to brag. Maybe I am growing up or maybe I am just fed up. Being a girl, I have realized that I do not remember the last time a boy tried to pick me up in person and ask for my number face to face. Everything is a direct message on twitter or asking a friend of a friend. Say something to me in person and surprise me for once. However, I am not a girl that makes boys always text first and I am not afraid to make a move. I can remember the exact day that I last approached a boy and got his number. I was working out a the local high school, not too long ago, and there were a few boys who looked my age messing around with a football and soccer ball while I was running. One of them looked cute, so as I was about to leave I went up and introduced myself. I am new to this particular area so I told him that and said I did not know many people here. We exchanged numbers and went for a run together the following day. It's just sad that nothing is done in person anymore. Instead of telling you how I feel face to face, I will just send you a really long text. Sounds pretty pathetic to me. If you can't say it to my face, maybe you shouldn't say it at all. Maybe I am old fashioned but I love notes, things written down. Something to keep, not just something saved to a hard drive on my computer or in a memory card on my phone. Don't get me wrong though, social media isn't all bad. It just may be used in the wrong way and I can say that I am guilty of checking Instagram and Twitter too much and caring about other people's post but this is my vow to myself to stop doing that. I am sad that I wasted time caring about people's pictures and posts that I don't even talk to when I have people all around me that I could be actually talking to. Things will change that is for sure. I don't need to post a picture on a social media site for pleasure anymore, I don't need to tweet what I have done throughout the day. That phase is long gone for me. I vow to start living and stop checking Instagram and Twitter, maybe I have inspired someone else to do the same, I can only hope. There are so many other things that we can devote our time to. So many exciting and happy things going on around us all day long, but we're too busy checking our phones to realize.
~TR
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