23 days

So it has been 23 days without Instagram and Snapchat. Here are my recent revelations:

• There are days I have actually forgotten what it looked like. I have walked by people on their phones perusing the apps and I didn't even recognize what they were doing.
• Unfortunately, I still look at my phone a lot. I am not sure if it is still a habit or if I am just constantly looking for something to do with my hands, but I still look at my phone. Oddly enough, I will even open apps that I do not even use much just to do something (compass, measuring device, calculator, etc.)

• I have spent less time obsessing over my looks. I am not sure if it is because I know I am not taking pictures right now or if it is the fact that I am not constantly scrolling through selfies of the people I once followed on Instagram, but I like that my mind goes elsewhere now. I do not overanalyze my off-center smile, or freak out if I feel like my hair isn't nice. I focus on being present. I do my work. I go to the gym. I hang out with friends. And I am not thinking about myself. It is such a relief. 
• I have started to realize how "busy" my life was before. I spent wasted SO MUCH TIME on social media that amounts to absolutely nothing now. I toiled tirelessly over the likes that my post would get, or the people that *were not* liking my posts even though I saw that they were online. I was completely obsessed. And that is time that I could have used much more wisely. Looking back, I could have done so many more productive activities than scrolling through social media. I didn't retain any of the information that I saw; I merely went through the actions of scrolling. Nothing happened. I just scrolled. 
• I would recommend this to everyone. Please, take the time to take a hiatus from social media. Learn how to be bored. Learn how to fill your life with productivity. Spend more time doing things that matter versus looking at people online do things.