In Pursuit Of Happiness; My Observations From When I Went Off Of All Social Media

A couple of months ago, when everyone took to Instagram to share how profound they thought the documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ was, I decided I won’t watch it. Because I knew what was in store, but I actively chose to do nothing about it.This realization made my brain snap, and I deleted all the social media apps from my phone (Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr). Here’s everything I felt and missed, and weirdly enjoyed during the experience.#1 Dealing with the FOMO Image Credit: GIPHYI’m not generally a person who enjoys going out or the company of other humans much, but the pandemic made me feel things I could never have imagined. Only kidding, nothing can make me like human company. But I was feeling raging jealousy for a huge chunk of this year, because everyone seemed to be travelling and enjoying the many joys of life.When I shut social media, it gave me much-needed time off from people looking beautiful and aesthetically pleasing (which I would enjoy wholly if I wasn’t comparing my worst with everyone’s best all the time).#2 A break from the constant news cycle made me feel a bit relaxedOne of the many occupational hazards of being…
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