Honestly if social media isn't going away anytime soon, then it's up to us people to leave social media. We can show how our lives are better off without it. Whoever created social media to begin with, they really tried to control us but we can break that cycle.
@Aoun Muhammad connection or not, people are still having an addiction and don't realize that it's effecting their mental health and irl stuff in any way
I feel that my life has been consumed on checking my phone. It's not even the posting for me, as I'm a very light user, but just mindless scrolling or constantly looking at other people's feed and feeling bad about my life. I'm hardly doing anything and just feeling crap. Maybe I should take a break from all of the socials for a while.
I felt the same way you did! I’m not very people oriented but I was always bored and used it to kill me time. Last January I deleted all social medias except yt and Pinterest and it really makes you see the world again in a way you didn’t realize was possible. I highly recommend it.
@@zephyr3693 what have you done with your spare time, as I am struggling? I keep coming on and off social media, even although it doesn't fill me with much joy, it helps time pass.
@@DanielleT192 my advice is to think back to what you used to like doing as a kid and pick that back up, but in an adult form. If you used to play outside a lot, maybe you could take up hiking/biking/skateboarding. If you used to draw, maybe you could get colored pencils and a notepad and start doodling when you feel bored. Personally, I used to write stories and poetry and I hated more than anything that I allowed social media to take over my whole mind space so I wasn’t inspired or attentive enough to write a single sentence, so that’s what I’m doing. I’ve actually been writing again for the first time since I made a Facebook account like 8 years ago.
It's the "going through life without social media for 6 months" for me...I just moved to a new city, and needed time away from everyone and everything back in my hometown (maybe forever) but social media is that bridge, it feels like I haven't moved at all, and it's not helping. so this video makes me think about finally doing it lol thanks Lucy!
today I took decision to delete all my social media, after my instagram got disabled yesterday, I felt angry, stressed out, pissed , couldn't do anything apart from thinking about it, thats when it actually hit me how important it was to me, I decided I actually need to step back, I don't have to show the sunsets to 4k people to enjoy it, I don't have to see the likes under my pictures to feel beautiful, although I miss the memes and some of my online friends, it's okay. when you said in your other video that you had social media for 10 years, it made me freak out , 10 years is fairly enough, 10 years of 6 hours + screen time sounds scary. I'm ready to experience life however it is without constantly sharing it / comparing and the scrolling. thank you Lucy for giving me the little push I needed.
All social media is toxic in its own way but in terms of comparison, Instagram is the worst by far which is why I’m coincidentally currently on a break rn.. I have much more time for school and other hobbies and feels like there’s more time in the day.
Absolutely any day is better to be away from the screen, there is so much more beyond the screen but at times there are good things on screen as well but we are being programmed, this video is a lot like a reminder yet again to spend less time on the screen unless our work is on screen itself haha
Yes! This is so good! I deleted my instagram and Facebook this year. I've been six moths without it and I am so excited to be more present in life. I quit alcohol, instagram, Facebook and I am moving into my van this year to travel and work in film and TV.
Great distinction between online world and the real world. We’re meant to just go on about our lives just as the world used to, but social media has us questioning every little detail which is distracting and quite counter productive to the whole point of living life!
I've been thinking of doing a full digital detox for a while now. I think this is my sign. I've started to become more mindful and that has been helping me a lot x
Literally the ONLY thing keeping me from deleting my social media account (I'm only on Facebook) is that I'd be clueless as to what events are being held. (e.g. concerts, plays, parties,...) If I could figure out a way to somehow keep up to date with what's cooking in my local music scene WITHOUT having Facebook I'd delete it all in a heartbeat.
It's so great to see that people are getting more aware how toxic social media can get. People tend to ignore it, sometimes consciously, but it definitely has a great impact on their lives. I'm part of the problem too, I used to binge watch tiktok for hours, but I see now how actually toxic it was. Thanks to your videos I deleted tiktok, and removed social media apps from my homescreen so my every morning doesn't start with an hour of watching things that only waste my time. I hope to keep it up like this and maybe change some small things in my life. Thanks a lot for your input and I really hope this gets to more people. Cheers!
Something that I want to say about this, and because I am going throught some hard time in my life, as I just got stabbed a few days ago on my face, making a huge woung ( knife wound ) which I am recovering right now in the hospital and some others on my stomach. And I know this will definitely affect the way I look, and hoping i can recover the move in my face. I am definitely out from what the standars of beauty are right now and probably will have loads of shame to post a pic of me in the future. But I doing my best to keep strong, and realise that life is much more than what we see in our phones.. this only makes me apprecciate the small things in life that maybe we don't apprecciate in social media quite enough. So thanks for making this videos, I know you are such a incredible person doing good for the world.
Hey Oscar, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and scars are only there to tell a story, albeit a really tragic one in your case. I hope you are recovering well and can take this time in hospital to find some meaning and remind yourself how great life can be when you get out. I am really truly sorry to hear you had to go through something like this, no one deserves that.
So good! I wanna make a vid on this. It can destroy self esteem and can be toxic. But I use it once a month to post something encouraging to help others know they're not alone/UA-cam to do this. So freeing. Learning to not need to document everything not everyone needs to see everything and my life is enough. Cheers to simplifying life. Good luck everyone praying for everyone's journeys. Remember God loves u and you're more than enough. 🙏❤️
Ever since I was 16yrs old ( now 19 ) at least three times a year I would delete everything and within a week or so be back on the platform. A months ago I decided to do my detox again. the 19.08.21. Was the last time I'll be on Instagram, facebook, Snapchat and Tiktok. I dont know why this time around iit's worked. I do know I'm reading alot, have a job and only watch youtube for no more than two days, watching videos I feel enjoy. If you are like me and find it diffcult to stay off social media forever but you wantto. Find new hobbits, tick off the days you havent been on social media in your calendar. Get outside and hearthe birds. I love writing my diary and sitting/walking in nature. Find your happy place. Thank you Lucy, channels and videos like this help me so incredably much. Its nice to be support and have the same views as others.
It's difficult to delete social media, I'm almost 28 years and since I'm 24/25;im trying to delete it. Your message it's a real inspiration, from now I'll try to spend more time in the nature. Thanks for your advice!
reading thru the comments and wanted to respond to many but THIS. wow i can relate so much, i’m the same age as well... i’ve been really trying to push for the detox recently but keep redownloading socials. after this video and this comment i’m sticking to it, i know i can do it and i know how good i feel without social media, that is my motivation. i will be keeping youtube as well, much easier to balance and such beneficial info when used right. thank you for sharing your story fr October 16, 2021 bye bye social media (i’ll be back w an update :))
Good luck Nina! It's a good decision delete social media. I'm trying to delete it (specially Instagram) since 1 year ago but after delete my account I open again it... Last week I deleted it! I hope this be the definitive!
Your voice, the way you talk and the things you say are so calming for my nervous system 🥲 very glad I found you. My depressed ass rarely gets inspired by anything or anyone but listening to you really opens up my mind and heart. Love from Germany 🧡
It's a good thing to see a video like this. Since social media exists, my way to live, to think, to communicate has changed a lot. Sadly I'm addicted to Instagram and I would love to delete my account and the app forever, but it's really addictive! To be honest, to see a such wonderful young women talking about delete social media inspires me a lot to delete it. Keep doing videos Lucy, you are a good communicator and I like to learn english watching your videos. Cheers from Spain! (By the way, I don't know if the word "Communicator" it's correct)
Quitting facebook helped me be more careful with my usage for other platforms... After quitting facebook, I started using medium and reddit. And monitoring my usage for facebook before deleting it helped me avoid overusing reddit or getting addicted to it.
I'm still trying to quit social media for real 😔 most videos I watched in yt is social media detox including yours. I hope you keep uploading your experience about social media. Thanks
I've just deleted them today. Hope it'll work. I really need to break from social media. I wanna know your story more. If you have any forum or group chat. Please let me know. I appreciate that. Thanks
Lucy Allen, I've LOVED WATCHING YOU GROW video after video (week after week). My UA-cam channel is about "Protecting Your Mental Health" and the points you bring up show such deepness and self-awareness!! Thank you for being real with us and making conversations about mental health more common and accessible!! ❤🙏💪
This is embarrassing to admit but I spent pretty much the last ten years on youtube because I just don't have enough (or sometimes even one) friends or activities to do because of mental health. I can totally skip instagram and other types of social media but without any screen time, I don't know what to do in my life. I just moved into a new city to go to uni but covid is still messing it all up. I hope to create an actual life one day that is about me and not other people that I'm following online.
I deleted my Tumblr account I had been using for 11 years and left 2 Discord servers I was a mod for, I posted on both platforms where they could find me if they wanted to stay in touch and onlt a handful of people wanted to stay in touch. That really was a big eye opener for me! People I thought of as my friends or who would want to stay in touch, didn't want to keep in touch. It was a bit hard to accept this fact, but I'm glad I left both platforms and I don't need those people to feel validated and loved.
Really enjoyed this content Lucy. You make my house look really good in them 🤣 Always good to remember to keep self esteem and mental health in check. Live, laugh, love and travel 😀
Hey! thanks for your videos! I am from Russia and do not know English very well, but I have reviewed almost every video of yours with the help of subtitles 💜 they are really cool
Привет Nellya , я изучаю русский язык! Очень интересно смотреть комментарий о девочка из Поссии! Где ты живешь? Потому что Россия очень большая страна!!
I feel like it has a lot to do with 1) what accounts you follow and 2) how you try to limit your time on screen. I don´t follow any "beauty" influencers etc. I mostly follow activist content which I consider being very important for myself but also for other people. In this sense, I don´t see how the few time I spend on Instagram for educating myself has negative effects on my life.. but would ofc be a totally other case if I followed fashion, lifestyle and beauty influencers and I can see how it negatively impacts people. In that case, doing a social media detox is really needed and makes sense.
I am addicted of social media for a long time , and I need to break my eyes rest , how I will break , I don’t know but I just use to UA-cam app to watch your video or another youtuber videos. The real world and social media world are more different each other . I have to choose the real world for real life 🤲. You are absolutely right , I don’t know how old are you ? But I think that you look like 16-17 and you are smartest girl according to your age 🤲 I appreciate you share with us like that video .
I feel like the only reason I've not quit my social media is because as a creative, I feel like I need to have these pages to have a chance to get my stuff seen. But at the same time with ever-changing algorithms, it's hard work getting seen just by my followers in the first place let alone new people. I don't know, I kind of want to delete but still feel I can't 😅
Great video! You video on deleting all your social media got me into your channel, and this is like a follow up to that. I almost exclusive use social media for texting, cause I realised a while ago that social media is really not adding much value, especially Instagram. I use Instagram now, almost exclusively for texting people, whom I can't text in any other way.
Well said I need to unplug for sure I stopped watching tv for a week and i accomplished so much. I have stopped reading books and yes my eyes hurt scrolling youtube So thanks i really needed it, because its all addictive.
I don’t talk to my friends much online because I find then I socialise better when I see them and I have more to talk about. I also only have tiktok and do it for fun- I’m always taking breaks
Tbh I want to leave and see if life will be different because my life is pretty boring but I worked and studied hard to start a social media management business now I don't know if it will be good for me!Like that could of been a source of income.I probably at most will just use sm for business and limit my personal use.However I think humans always will find a way to compare,procrastinate and get addicted to something it's just that sm has increased a bit more!I say this because an older lady said that when there was no sm and she was growing up she compared herself to people on TV and their lifestyle so...
@@LucyAlllan yah I rather watch history channels on UA-cam like Simple History, or weird history than using Facebook and Instagram it's toxic tbh glad you deleted you're social media accounts 😊
I feel like this too....I have no friends on social media(I don't really reach out to others) and I have no friends or people to talk to in real life and my life is pretty boring too.Also I want to be an social media manager but I kind of want to detox so it's hard.
I cannot quit totally since I am a social media manager to some of biz pages but I lessen the browsing esp on fb and hooh it feels good Hopefully soon I can delete fb huhu
I actually really want to not use social media anymore, but i have no idea what to do other than scrolling on my phone, what do you guys do if not looking at ur phone?
The news are a huge hoax. Worst lies evert. I hate journalism in terms of newspapers and tv. Edit: However, i'm totally agree with the eyes sight thing. I'm starting to feel that i can't see far away that perfect....
What has been your experience with dating and socializing since deleting social media ? Have you found it easier or harder to meet people and make friends
I already had a boyfriend pre deteling it so this part was never affected, and in regards to meeting friends I have learned overtime that you have to just be balsy and talk to a stranger, or network via your friends other friends :)
tiene subtítulos y no fuí a ninguna academia más de un año porque enseñan justamente MAL. pero con perseverancia puedes aprender sintaxis base para tener un inglés nativo
If your struggling people try using the apps for messaging your friends nothing else I’ve done this and I feel so much better I’m less stressed and I feel more human think of Instagram Facebook and Snapchat as messaging apps like WhatsApp not social media apps
I quit social media now I’m addicted to quitting social media videos
Relatable !
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hahah so true!
😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Honestly if social media isn't going away anytime soon, then it's up to us people to leave social media. We can show how our lives are better off without it. Whoever created social media to begin with, they really tried to control us but we can break that cycle.
Yes!
@Aoun Muhammad connection or not, people are still having an addiction and don't realize that it's effecting their mental health and irl stuff in any way
@@nicatina Eh it's a long story, social media started long ago but Mark Zuckerberg took it by storm.
I feel that my life has been consumed on checking my phone. It's not even the posting for me, as I'm a very light user, but just mindless scrolling or constantly looking at other people's feed and feeling bad about my life.
I'm hardly doing anything and just feeling crap. Maybe I should take a break from all of the socials for a while.
I felt the same way you did! I’m not very people oriented but I was always bored and used it to kill me time. Last January I deleted all social medias except yt and Pinterest and it really makes you see the world again in a way you didn’t realize was possible. I highly recommend it.
@@zephyr3693 what have you done with your spare time, as I am struggling? I keep coming on and off social media, even although it doesn't fill me with much joy, it helps time pass.
@@DanielleT192 my advice is to think back to what you used to like doing as a kid and pick that back up, but in an adult form. If you used to play outside a lot, maybe you could take up hiking/biking/skateboarding. If you used to draw, maybe you could get colored pencils and a notepad and start doodling when you feel bored. Personally, I used to write stories and poetry and I hated more than anything that I allowed social media to take over my whole mind space so I wasn’t inspired or attentive enough to write a single sentence, so that’s what I’m doing. I’ve actually been writing again for the first time since I made a Facebook account like 8 years ago.
It's the "going through life without social media for 6 months" for me...I just moved to a new city, and needed time away from everyone and everything back in my hometown (maybe forever) but social media is that bridge, it feels like I haven't moved at all, and it's not helping. so this video makes me think about finally doing it lol thanks Lucy!
Ah nice! How is it living in France???
@@LucyAlllan Guess he quit it, good☯️
@@morenitascorp9246 hahahaha
today I took decision to delete all my social media, after my instagram got disabled yesterday, I felt angry, stressed out, pissed , couldn't do anything apart from thinking about it, thats when it actually hit me how important it was to me, I decided I actually need to step back, I don't have to show the sunsets to 4k people to enjoy it, I don't have to see the likes under my pictures to feel beautiful, although I miss the memes and some of my online friends, it's okay. when you said in your other video that you had social media for 10 years, it made me freak out , 10 years is fairly enough, 10 years of 6 hours + screen time sounds scary. I'm ready to experience life however it is without constantly sharing it / comparing and the scrolling. thank you Lucy for giving me the little push I needed.
Nice!!! You can be super proud Salma
Same thing I did, best thing 💕
@@LucyAlllan
@@1WE3F It will be worth it 💜
I did the same thing!💕
All social media is toxic in its own way but in terms of comparison, Instagram is the worst by far which is why I’m coincidentally currently on a break rn.. I have much more time for school and other hobbies and feels like there’s more time in the day.
Yup!
Absolutely any day is better to be away from the screen, there is so much more beyond the screen but at times there are good things on screen as well but we are being programmed, this video is a lot like a reminder yet again to spend less time on the screen unless our work is on screen itself haha
Exactly! Work on your friends in real life and remind yourself how good it feels to hug a friend!
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I have been off social media for years. It has been great to not have all those distractions.
Good job Erick!
Yes! This is so good! I deleted my instagram and Facebook this year. I've been six moths without it and I am so excited to be more present in life. I quit alcohol, instagram, Facebook and I am moving into my van this year to travel and work in film and TV.
I have done this detox and it is amazing how we are addicted without even noticing...
Great video again 😊
Thanks Luis!
Great distinction between online world and the real world. We’re meant to just go on about our lives just as the world used to, but social media has us questioning every little detail which is distracting and quite counter productive to the whole point of living life!
The only social I’ll keep is YT for these vids :’)
Yeah I think we haven’t quite yet reached the same level of interaction online as we have in the real world. Hey, maybe one day.. but not yet!
Yesss
I've been thinking of doing a full digital detox for a while now. I think this is my sign. I've started to become more mindful and that has been helping me a lot x
I hope you have fun with the detox😇
Literally the ONLY thing keeping me from deleting my social media account (I'm only on Facebook) is that I'd be clueless as to what events are being held. (e.g. concerts, plays, parties,...) If I could figure out a way to somehow keep up to date with what's cooking in my local music scene WITHOUT having Facebook I'd delete it all in a heartbeat.
Maybe put the app in a folder far from ur Home Screen and turn off notifications. Only turn on post notifications for accounts that post events
You can have a facebook account without 100 friends and without posting/ scrolling. I use it just for events and groups. Barely spend any time on it.
Check out the local news channels websites. Usually it has everything you need to know :)🖤 might be an app for it in your area too.
If there is a news u need to know u will know it anyway others r simply unnecessary
It's so great to see that people are getting more aware how toxic social media can get. People tend to ignore it, sometimes consciously, but it definitely has a great impact on their lives. I'm part of the problem too, I used to binge watch tiktok for hours, but I see now how actually toxic it was. Thanks to your videos I deleted tiktok, and removed social media apps from my homescreen so my every morning doesn't start with an hour of watching things that only waste my time. I hope to keep it up like this and maybe change some small things in my life. Thanks a lot for your input and I really hope this gets to more people. Cheers!
Something that I want to say about this, and because I am going throught some hard time in my life, as I just got stabbed a few days ago on my face, making a huge woung ( knife wound ) which I am recovering right now in the hospital and some others on my stomach.
And I know this will definitely affect the way I look, and hoping i can recover the move in my face. I am definitely out from what the standars of beauty are right now and probably will have loads of shame to post a pic of me in the future.
But I doing my best to keep strong, and realise that life is much more than what we see in our phones.. this only makes me apprecciate the small things in life that maybe we don't apprecciate in social media quite enough.
So thanks for making this videos, I know you are such a incredible person doing good for the world.
Hey Oscar, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and scars are only there to tell a story, albeit a really tragic one in your case. I hope you are recovering well and can take this time in hospital to find some meaning and remind yourself how great life can be when you get out. I am really truly sorry to hear you had to go through something like this, no one deserves that.
So good! I wanna make a vid on this. It can destroy self esteem and can be toxic. But I use it once a month to post something encouraging to help others know they're not alone/UA-cam to do this. So freeing. Learning to not need to document everything not everyone needs to see everything and my life is enough. Cheers to simplifying life. Good luck everyone praying for everyone's journeys. Remember God loves u and you're more than enough. 🙏❤️
Ever since I was 16yrs old ( now 19 ) at least three times a year I would delete everything and within a week or so be back on the platform. A months ago I decided to do my detox again. the 19.08.21. Was the last time I'll be on Instagram, facebook, Snapchat and Tiktok. I dont know why this time around iit's worked. I do know I'm reading alot, have a job and only watch youtube for no more than two days, watching videos I feel enjoy.
If you are like me and find it diffcult to stay off social media forever but you wantto. Find new hobbits, tick off the days you havent been on social media in your calendar. Get outside and hearthe birds. I love writing my diary and sitting/walking in nature. Find your happy place.
Thank you Lucy, channels and videos like this help me so incredably much. Its nice to be support and have the same views as others.
It's difficult to delete social media, I'm almost 28 years and since I'm 24/25;im trying to delete it. Your message it's a real inspiration, from now I'll try to spend more time in the nature.
Thanks for your advice!
Good job Holly!!!
reading thru the comments and wanted to respond to many but THIS. wow i can relate so much, i’m the same age as well... i’ve been really trying to push for the detox recently but keep redownloading socials. after this video and this comment i’m sticking to it, i know i can do it and i know how good i feel without social media, that is my motivation. i will be keeping youtube as well, much easier to balance and such beneficial info when used right. thank you for sharing your story fr
October 16, 2021 bye bye social media (i’ll be back w an update :))
Good luck Nina! It's a good decision delete social media. I'm trying to delete it (specially Instagram) since 1 year ago but after delete my account I open again it... Last week I deleted it! I hope this be the definitive!
@@pronosticosdeportivos9517 ugh i so feel that!! i even downloaded snap again just now but i’m deleting it cuz i’m doing this fr.
Your voice, the way you talk and the things you say are so calming for my nervous system 🥲 very glad I found you. My depressed ass rarely gets inspired by anything or anyone but listening to you really opens up my mind and heart. Love from Germany 🧡
yooo I agree with how damaging it can be for your eyes to spend so much time in front of a screen, have experienced that myself :c
It's a good thing to see a video like this. Since social media exists, my way to live, to think, to communicate has changed a lot. Sadly I'm addicted to Instagram and I would love to delete my account and the app forever, but it's really addictive!
To be honest, to see a such wonderful young women talking about delete social media inspires me a lot to delete it. Keep doing videos Lucy, you are a good communicator and I like to learn english watching your videos. Cheers from Spain! (By the way, I don't know if the word "Communicator" it's correct)
Hey from Spain too!!:) I hope you can find a healthy balance too
@@LucyAlllan Are you in Spain? Enjoy your time here! Just out of curiosity, in what part of Spain you are?
Thank you for this reminder Lucy. 🙏 It's very important to take care of our mental health.
Absolutely!
Quitting facebook helped me be more careful with my usage for other platforms... After quitting facebook, I started using medium and reddit. And monitoring my usage for facebook before deleting it helped me avoid overusing reddit or getting addicted to it.
Good job!
I'm still trying to quit social media for real 😔 most videos I watched in yt is social media detox including yours. I hope you keep uploading your experience about social media. Thanks
You can do it!
I've just deleted them today. Hope it'll work. I really need to break from social media. I wanna know your story more. If you have any forum or group chat. Please let me know. I appreciate that. Thanks
Lucy Allen, I've LOVED WATCHING YOU GROW video after video (week after week). My UA-cam channel is about "Protecting Your Mental Health" and the points you bring up show such deepness and self-awareness!! Thank you for being real with us and making conversations about mental health more common and accessible!! ❤🙏💪
I really appreciate it! Thank you So much
This is embarrassing to admit but I spent pretty much the last ten years on youtube because I just don't have enough (or sometimes even one) friends or activities to do because of mental health. I can totally skip instagram and other types of social media but without any screen time, I don't know what to do in my life. I just moved into a new city to go to uni but covid is still messing it all up. I hope to create an actual life one day that is about me and not other people that I'm following online.
I deleted my Tumblr account I had been using for 11 years and left 2 Discord servers I was a mod for, I posted on both platforms where they could find me if they wanted to stay in touch and onlt a handful of people wanted to stay in touch. That really was a big eye opener for me! People I thought of as my friends or who would want to stay in touch, didn't want to keep in touch.
It was a bit hard to accept this fact, but I'm glad I left both platforms and I don't need those people to feel validated and loved.
Really enjoyed this content Lucy. You make my house look really good in them 🤣 Always good to remember to keep self esteem and mental health in check. Live, laugh, love and travel 😀
Hahah always try my best to make it look good
Hey! thanks for your videos! I am from Russia and do not know English very well, but I have reviewed almost every video of yours with the help of subtitles 💜
they are really cool
Hey nellya I am from turkey , if you wanna make practice in order to improve your English skills. You can join us , conversation club 🤲
Привет Nellya , я изучаю русский язык! Очень интересно смотреть комментарий о девочка из Поссии! Где ты живешь? Потому что Россия очень большая страна!!
@@pronosticosdeportivos9517 Москва!
Happy to hear that! Love to know you could still enjoy the videos girl!!
@@nellyase Очень красивый город! Очень приятно! Кстати, ты очень хорошо пишешь англиский язык!
Your energy is calming😊🌻
That's so nice!!!
Your way of talking Is so soothing 🙌
Ah thank you so much!! I should really get into voice acting lmao
@@LucyAlllan Maybe you should try lol
I feel like it has a lot to do with 1) what accounts you follow and 2) how you try to limit your time on screen. I don´t follow any "beauty" influencers etc. I mostly follow activist content which I consider being very important for myself but also for other people. In this sense, I don´t see how the few time I spend on Instagram for educating myself has negative effects on my life.. but would ofc be a totally other case if I followed fashion, lifestyle and beauty influencers and I can see how it negatively impacts people. In that case, doing a social media detox is really needed and makes sense.
good points Paulina :)
I am addicted of social media for a long time , and I need to break my eyes rest , how I will break , I don’t know but I just use to UA-cam app to watch your video or another youtuber videos. The real world and social media world are more different each other . I have to choose the real world for real life 🤲. You are absolutely right , I don’t know how old are you ? But I think that you look like 16-17 and you are smartest girl according to your age 🤲 I appreciate you share with us like that video .
You can do it 🤲
I really needed this video since I left social media. Thanks for inspire me 💗💗
You got this!
Your voice is very calming like Lana Blakely. Almost puts me to sleep by the end of every video. Great video btw, loved it.
Oh thank you!
I feel like the only reason I've not quit my social media is because as a creative, I feel like I need to have these pages to have a chance to get my stuff seen. But at the same time with ever-changing algorithms, it's hard work getting seen just by my followers in the first place let alone new people. I don't know, I kind of want to delete but still feel I can't 😅
It is really challenging, which can bring stress and anxiety to "win over the algorithm"
In this video I'm the first viewer and gave a like. I'm happy to be that
Hats off , you convinced me to go without social media so thank you. Looking forward to the benefits.Also where are you from? Once again thank you
Ahh no way, i hope you enjoy your time offline 😇
Great video! You video on deleting all your social media got me into your channel, and this is like a follow up to that. I almost exclusive use social media for texting, cause I realised a while ago that social media is really not adding much value, especially Instagram. I use Instagram now, almost exclusively for texting people, whom I can't text in any other way.
Felt good to do a little follow up video! Great to hear :)
Yeah. Keep making this type of less edited and genuine content. UA-cam is already filled with hyper edited stuff.
Well said
I need to unplug for sure
I stopped watching tv for a week and i accomplished so much. I have stopped reading books and yes my eyes hurt scrolling youtube
So thanks i really needed it, because its all addictive.
I personally think a PC and a Dumb phone is best possible combination to have for best possible productivity.
So true
As ever, this content is what we have been waiting for.😁
So happy to hear that!!
Congratulations for 31k subscribers lucy :-)
Thank you! So happy about it :)
Now I'm addicted to "Settings"😐
Hahahah oh no!
I don’t talk to my friends much online because I find then I socialise better when I see them and I have more to talk about. I also only have tiktok and do it for fun- I’m always taking breaks
I went my first 40 years without social media and survived. Life is better off without it. I’m a video addict so here I am on UA-cam. 😁
Thank you for this advice it's very important for our mental health
Thank you for your nice comment!
your French tote bag is everything
haha thank you! It's a white company in the south of france called Lillet! I love the bag too!
Tbh I want to leave and see if life will be different because my life is pretty boring but I worked and studied hard to start a social media management business now I don't know if it will be good for me!Like that could of been a source of income.I probably at most will just use sm for business and limit my personal use.However I think humans always will find a way to compare,procrastinate and get addicted to something it's just that sm has increased a bit more!I say this because an older lady said that when there was no sm and she was growing up she compared herself to people on TV and their lifestyle so...
Just do it! Limit personal use to start :)
I deleted my Facebook account over a month ago and I can't say that I have any regrets about it. I read more...mostly biographies.
Очень интересное и мотивирующее видео, спасибо большое! Удачи всем, кто хочет проводить меньше времени в телефоне и в социальных сетях.
I think the cure to this is to stop following influencers and just follow animals and artists (not make up artist).
Ahahah honestly I agree. Let’s follow real people with normal lives (and bulldog pages)
@Alicia P they're like weeds.. you pull them out but they just keep growing back 🥲
Lovee you videos and the message you give
Thank you so much girlll
Started day 1 today by deleting facebook & instagram. Slightly feeling anxious 🙃
Not me getting an ad about Instagram 😭😭 I want to do it cos I live in a narcissistic house and my privacy gets invaded :(
Ugh I hate that the advert is Instagram 🥺🥺😂
Hi,first viewer I'm. Happy to be welcome
Hey!! Happy to see you here :)
Best thing I ever did was never getting on social media.
Lucky u
So happy to hear this!
So proud of you Lucy ❤️
Thank you 😊
Exactly.
I need to try it too.
Let's go!
@@LucyAlllan OK
So are you planning on going back to social media? I so happy since I left from all of it
I was tempted to go back to Instagram for my year abroad and only follow 5 people but so far I don’t feel like it’s necessary :)
I play video games but I watch history stuff from around the world or about different culture's 😊 also stay safe
Love that! Love learning about history :)
@@LucyAlllan yah I rather watch history channels on UA-cam like Simple History, or weird history than using Facebook and Instagram it's toxic tbh glad you deleted you're social media accounts 😊
my life is way too boring, and I have too less hobbies to stop with social media
Maybe that’s an excuse to try the detox
I feel like this too....I have no friends on social media(I don't really reach out to others) and I have no friends or people to talk to in real life and my life is pretty boring too.Also I want to be an social media manager but I kind of want to detox so it's hard.
J’ai trouvé ta vidéo très intéressante ! Merci 🤍
Je suis contente! Merci beaucoup :)
Yeah...let's not allow social media to separate us from doing things naturally.
omg where is your fête de l'orange tote bag from! c'est very cute!!
It’s from the wine called Lillet, maybe you can get it online but for me it was a gift :)
I cannot quit totally since I am a social media manager to some of biz pages but I lessen the browsing esp on fb and hooh it feels good
Hopefully soon I can delete fb huhu
I actually really want to not use social media anymore, but i have no idea what to do other than scrolling on my phone, what do you guys do if not looking at ur phone?
New hobbies, I walk lots, trips to somewhere, meeting a friend, cooking, meditation :)
I am doing this in 2022 I need it I need to do it .
i get those "you need to rest your eyes" things when i open the app- /lh
lol
What mic do you use 💕
It’s in the description of my videos, I really recommend it 😇
@@LucyAlllan thank u 🙏❤️
dont call me a simp but you are so beautiful💜💜
Lovely
Thank you!
My whole life is social detox, but I will try it with social media xd
hahah let's go :D
what you think about twitter, it is distracting too?
I have not really used it to be fair - I heard it is quite toxic but don't get my opinion for actual fact haha
You look so pretty❤
Thank you so much :)
UA-cam is the best social media. Just delete the rest and don't look back.
Yes :D
👍🏻 Keep going
Thank you, I will!!
Lucy may I contact you for questions and assistance etc?
I never want to return to IG
Im glad to hear you got rid of it then 😊
unrelated but omg u look so much like drew barrymore
😂😂
Have you back on the social media yet or?
im wondering how can I do this with adhd
same
what a babe
😍
😇
i wanna delete my social media but i'm a fangirl lmao :(
lmao
The news are a huge hoax. Worst lies evert. I hate journalism in terms of newspapers and tv.
Edit: However, i'm totally agree with the eyes sight thing. I'm starting to feel that i can't see far away that perfect....
Same!!! My far eyesight is awful it’s pretty scary
What has been your experience with dating and socializing since deleting social media ? Have you found it easier or harder to meet people and make friends
I already had a boyfriend pre deteling it so this part was never affected, and in regards to meeting friends I have learned overtime that you have to just be balsy and talk to a stranger, or network via your friends other friends :)
Note entendí ni vrg, nose inglés.
Es que el inglés se enseña mal es por eso
@@Ulises1818 porque lo dice ?
tiene subtítulos y no fuí a ninguna academia más de un año porque enseñan justamente MAL. pero con perseverancia puedes aprender sintaxis base para tener un inglés nativo
If your struggling people try using the apps for messaging your friends nothing else I’ve done this and I feel so much better I’m less stressed and I feel more human think of Instagram Facebook and Snapchat as messaging apps like WhatsApp not social media apps
What is your instagram?
Oh wait.....