This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UL chapter.
It was risky, I know. One day, I just woke up and thought “what have I to prove anymore”, thus, I deleted my Instagram account. We were consumed in it for so long, I received my validation from likes yet I compared myself to every woman on it.
A few weeks later, unsurprisingly, I am discussing it now that I have actually started to notice a few little changes in our standard of life.
- I spend so much less time on my phone now and in turn spend that time actually living in the real world.
- I am a lot less critical of how we look. Every little helps in todays world.
- I am also a lot less critical of others looks, too.
- I no longer believe in the validation of likes and comments- all that matters is our own opinion and the opinions of those we love around us.
- The pictures I take are actually for myself now, not just to post on social media.
- It was better to see the Autumn pictures of leaves through my own eyes rather than through others pictures on Instagram.
- The way in which I approach life is less “filtered” and sometimes you can have a bad day and not feel like you need to present yourself in an idealistic manner.
- It saves a lot of phone battery- a lot a lot.