While social media is addictive,
Persuasive, takes time and energy. It was not difficult for me to avoid social
media because I have already done this before for few days and I have been
doing this whenever my exams are near or I have to study. I usually try to
avoid checking my Facebook, Instagram and twitter updates and posts when I have
to study and also I disable my data connection on my phone so that I don't get
notifications from social media applications.
When going offline from social
media my friends did get in touch with me through Facebook and I saw it when I logged
into my account after going online in two days. since I have some friends in India
and Dubai who usually contact me through Facebook and skype since it is the
only way they can reach me when I want to talk with them and since my phone
doesn't have international calling option so they were not be able to reach out
to me.
I was able to stop myself in
checking Facebook, Instagram and twitter posts but couldn't stop myself in
checking the messages on skype since it was also the weekend many of my friends
and family were trying to reach out to me to talk and know about me the only
thing which caused me to cheat was since I only get time on weekends to talk to
them and also they get free only on weekends.
When I was a kid the medium of
communication was simple now we no longer require homes, offices, or cafes to
stay in touch with people; we can do it wherever we happen to be. Social media
has augmented, rather than undermined, our personal relationships: “Online
communication – email, instant messaging, chat rooms, etc. does not replace
more traditional offline forms of contact face-to-face and telephone. Instead,
it adds on to them, increasing the overall volume of contact. More
specifically, people with a great deal of on-line conversations have just as
many off-line conversations as those who decline to participate in the former.
The Internet just increases the overall frequency of communication. Rise of the
social media has helped simultaneously in both local and long-distance
relationships. Social media have allowed us to stay in touch with other individuals
regardless of location,
Remarkably it wasn't as difficult
as I thought it will be the time I spent browsing Facebook and Instagram was
spent on working on cleaning my house and actually interacting with my roommates
more and also my work was done more quicker. What I liked about the social
media sabbatical was that taking a break opened up space to think about the
goals I have to achieve concentrate on other things and explore.
I realize that when I am not using
social media the circle of friends I connect to gets smaller without social
media I only interacted with my roommates and a friend from work through this
experience I felt that social media has created a huge impact in society in
today's world so that everyone could stay connected.
