Starting Afresh
We always make comments on wanting to just disappear, delete all our social media accounts and just go to a place where no one knows us to go start afresh. Whenever we talk about things like this, it always sounds like a good idea but I feel like most of us don't really think much about how all of that could impact our lives in both a good way and a bad way.
I happen to be one of those guys who have thought about just ghosting everyone for a month and just figuring myself out and I've done it (or at least I've tried to). Though I didn't delete my social media account, all I did was turn off that thing that shows you're online on both discord and Whatsapp (those are the two apps which I happen to be most active on) and just kinda ghosted everyone. I didn't text anyone and no one texted me.
And for some time it looked like a good idea but then it doesn't take long before the loneliness starts to set in and then you start to think about things you shouldn't be thinking about, then the sadness kicks in. It's worse when you don't have a job that requires you to go out every day, so you stay indoors. Just you, your phone that nobody calls and your thought.
Now that I really think about it, ghosting everyone and just moving to a new place where no one knows me actually scares me. Like I know it wouldn't take long before I make friends and have people around me again but for that first few weeks when it's just me, I don't think it will be funny. It's like the first few weeks of being in a new school. You get kinda isolated because you have no friends there and you don't know anyone, so all you do is just stay at your little corner and mind your business, almost as if you're an alien. I hate that feeling so much and that was why I was grateful that my dad never changed my school until I was done with high-school.
Anyways, I guess what I'm just trying to say is that there's nothing really wrong in wanting to go to a new area where no one knows you to start afresh, starting afresh is actually really good. But you have to be prepared (especially mentality) because if it's just you, you might get really lonely for a while. And there's nothing wrong with that, as long as you can handle it.
It’s definitely no joke trying to stay away from social media for sometime especially when you’re quite addicted.
Even if you don’t text a lot, you start to miss the 2 or 3 people you text everyday and you start missing the random memes you laugh at too.
I tried staying off of social media last month and I was able to do it for a week. The first few days wasn’t easy since I’ve become very addicted to twitter but after 2-3 days it became okay. I mean I still did sneak in on occasion but it was worth staying away.
I’m not very enthusiastic about going off the grid cos it’ll be quite difficult to make new friends and the loneliness like you’ve said it’s no joke.😅
How did your spend your time off since there wasn’t calls if I may ask? Movies?
I did see a lot of movies and got busy with more things offline than online. But staying off social media isn't even that much of a task for me, going to a new environment where no one knows me and starting a life there is more difficult.
Ohh okay. That’ll be difficult but these days we tend to get acquainted to people fast. From our discord hangouts can tell you’re a lovely person and you won’t have much worries making new friends in a new environment.😅