After reading about Facebook envy,
I began to reflect on how I feel as I scroll through my newsfeed on social
media. Once I started focusing more on it, I realized how real these feelings
are. It’s easy to become jealous of the person who just posted a trendy picture
on an outdoor adventure when you’re sitting in the library studying for an
upcoming anatomy test.
To see how much it can affect a
person, I decided to stop using my social media apps so frequently for a week.
To do this, instead of deleting the apps completely, I moved them to a page on
my phone where they are out of sight. Over the course of the last week I noticed
how much I didn’t think about the apps. School, work, and hanging out with
friends in real life keep me very busy. I started to wonder how I had so much
free time to spend exploring those apps in the first place. Then I realized
that I didn’t, and cutting back on the time wasted online let me be a lot more
productive.
After the week was done, I thought
about how I felt for the last week about my social life. I learned there wasn’t a big
difference, but I felt satisfied with the amount of time I spent with others
and with what I was doing when I was with them. It is easy to get caught up in
the “fear of missing out” attitude, or become envious of what we think other people’s
lives might be like. But when we stop focusing so much on others, it’s easier
to appreciate your own life. Just like the phrase says “the grass isn’t always
greener on the other side”. We want to make sure we don't spend our lives scrolling through an online newsfeed living through other peoples posts and adventures, instead of getting off our phones and appreciating the things we do in our own lives.
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