30 Lessons from my 30 Day Social Media Detox

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Can you REALLY get 30 lessons from a 30 day social media detox? The answer is YES!

Let’s say in 30 days I learned enough to share with you at least one lesson a day for 1 month. And if you think it’s too hard (or downright impossible) to be off social media for a month, you might be surprised! It was easier than I thought it would be. No withdrawal symptoms (which was a relief, because I think my husband wondered if I might actually be addicted!) Thankfully, no, I was not.

But my hubby and I both noticed that our relationship dynamic changed. And my son noticed, too. My daughter said she didn’t (which means I need to ask a few more questions to see if we can figure out why!)

Why were you calling this detox a 30 day “hard break”?

I was calling this a “Hard Break,” inspired by Aaron Edelstein’s book by the same name.

[Hard break = A Sabbath, or, in this case, 30 days without social media, using only cash and doing a #Whole30. The idea was to reset those 3 areas of my life — time, money & food.]

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In short: the social media detox (or hard break) was GREAT!

Unfortunately, the other things I was addressing in my 30 day “Hard Break” did not go as well. I have a LOT OF WORK to do when it comes to limiting or cutting out: Sugar (yes, I capitalized it on purpose), Starbucks, Chick-fil A fries, Milano cookies … these are all part of my diet pretty much every day. Not every week, every day. I know. I need to Clean. That. Up.

Eating out eats up a lot of our money, too, which is why I thought of trying to use cash envelopes on this “hard break” experiment. We did use cash for the most part, but it wasn’t an “envelope system” experience. It just drove home the point that we’re spending way too much eating out. I’ll revisit that later. For now, back to the 30 lessons from my 30 day social media detox!

Have YOU ever thought “I can’t go without social media for 30 days?”

Keep reading! This might make you want to take a break. The results might honestly surprise you!

Of course, everyone’s “hard break” or social media detox, fast, or whatever you wanna call it, will be different. You might learn other lessons than what I’m about to share. But I think we definitely get more good out of it than anything you might sacrifice by giving it up.

DISCLAIMER: This is not me being all self-righteous. Do NOT feel bad if you don’t want to do a social media detox. Don’t do it! I’ll love you anyway! lol! Seriously. This is something I wanted to do for myself, not to try to make anyone feel bad about doing it or not doing it.

I AM excited about sharing with you what I learned because, if anything, we can all take time to think about our lives — what we’re doing, what we want and IF what we’re doing is leading us to where we wanna go.

Dang it, did that sound preachy?!

ANOTHER DISCLAIMER: Please don’t take this as preachy. Just take it as a friend sharing an experience. And please comment below. Let’s have a conversation about it! That’s one of my favorite things about this blog — taking the conversation further!

My hope for YOU in sharing all this is encouragement.

I hope this encourages you, whether you try a social media detox for a day, a week, a month, or not at all. I hope it makes you want to LIVE your life, posting as little or as much as you like. But at the end of the day, it’s up to YOU!

Without further ado, I present to you: