I was living for the “likes”.

I was living for the “likes”.

I found myself planning my day around the activities that I would share in my stories or the posts I wanted to share. I was quite literally running my day for my social media accounts.

It became exhausting and it had lost all of its joy.

So, last week, I deleted my social media apps from my phone.

Initially, I freaked out- "Like how on earth will I run my business without these apps on my phone." But I sat with the nervous energy and asked myself, "How do I really want to feel around my social media?" For me, I want my social media to feel fun. I want it to be exciting. I want to enjoy every part of it. Because the truth is, I do not need another thing on my to-do list that I HAVE to do. I have plenty of those. I want my social to be something I enjoy doing.

The first few days were awkward.

In the silence, I would grab my phone to check my social only to see it wasn't there.

But what I found, was it caused me to be very intentional with my social media. I wasn't sharing just because and I was not longer scrolling aimlessly. I decided that when I did share, it would be with purpose and power, not just because I was bored with myself.

Because at the end of the day, why am I doing something if it isn't bringing me joy?!