It has officially been an entire year since I logged onto Instagram (cue the cheering!) and my life is much better without it. Have there been times when I wish I could check up on a specific person and see more than the “free” six posts that you get without an account? Sure. But overall, I don’t regret it at all.
I think a lot of us don’t realize until we cut a social media outlet from our lives just how big an effect it can have on our emotions, desires, and time spent scrolling. For some reason, Facebook is manageable to me. I can log in once or twice a day to check the two groups I use regularly, log out and not think about it anymore. Instagram was straight-up addictive to me though. … Read More »
Yes… we’re sick again. Second year in a row we’ve been sick on A’s birthday! The cake + my mom coming over have been postponed until this cold has run its course. Also, the reason for my no post on Friday.
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:
Lately, I have a strange feeling when I wake up in the wee hours of the morning to feed Aidan (who invariably wakes up for the day between 5:30 and 6am despite my best efforts). For a long time, in my sleep-deprived state, I reached for my phone to keep myself awake whilst nursing.