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I Left Instagram–Here’s Why

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Please excuse the lack of post last Monday–norovirus was wrapping up its stay at our house and my head was in a thousand different places!

I’ve been thinking about this—and other offline-ing life changes—for a while. Finally pulled the trigger this week! So if you’re looking for @justtoclaireifyblog and wondering if I blocked you for some reason… nope! I just don’t exist on the ‘gram anymore.

I’ve written a lot about my tenuous relationship with social media on the blog before (see my social media and privacy tags for my musings through the years). At times, I’ve felt like there’s something wrong with me because I feel like I just can’t handle social media sometimes. Instagram is impactful in particular—although Facebook and Reddit aren’t blameless either.… Read More »

Social Media Breaks Help You Reevaluate Your Usage

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I took a glorious eight-week break from social media in December and January. When I finally logged back onto Facebook and Instagram, I realized that I had some digital “decluttering” to do in order to have a sustainable relationship with social media going forward.

First, there were the 20-something Facebook groups that I was a part of. Some of them were blogging-related and mostly ads/engagement threads that I never participated in, so I left them. Then there were the local groups I was a part of. Besides the [city name] mom groups, none of them were really relevant to me, so I left those, too. … Read More »

Social Media Burnout in Motherhood

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A Mr. 2-year-old project last week: sorting his toy cars by the ones that do go down the car ramp, and the ones that don’t.

I am burned out, friends–burned out on social media.

I’ve written so much before about social media on the blog. A lot of that came from the vague feeling, pre-kids, that in my romanticized traditional world, we wouldn’t have to meet our social needs online; we’d have vibrant real lives, busy lives full of family and friends and support.… Read More »

Bad Sleep & Let’s Be Friends on Goodreads!

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Hello friends! I have a serious case of the post-holiday blahs at the moment and haven’t been sleeping well on top of that–so let’s just say my motivation to write anything, for the blog or anywhere else, is basically nonexistent.

I recently shared my 6 top crunchy parenting books of 2021 and I meant to share my Goodreads profile in that post, too! But I forgot. If you’re also a Goodreads user and want to connect, shoot me a friend request (unless you’re one of the spammy bots that stumbles across Just to Claireify occasionally–I won’t accept you)! The more the merrier when it comes to reading friends 🙂

My mind is pretty much jello at the moment so there’s no use attempting blogging/writing right now. Hopefully I can get a couple of good night’s rests and get back to it later this week!

xx Claire

On Rabbit Holes & Echo Chambers

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I’ve been writing about our increasingly online world and social media for years on this blog—since I created Just to Claireify in 2017. Posts I’ve written in the past include:

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