Retiring from social media was probably the best thing I did in 2020
Once upon a time, (after I worked for NOAA, but before I started triathlon coaching), I wasn't on Facebook (this was in the time before Instagram). I thought Facebook was "sketchy."
And then, a few weeks after declaring that it was "sketchy," I opened an account. I loved it. I adore connecting with humans, and there were so many humans to play with 🤸🏽♀️
And then Instagram came around. And once again, I said "that's sketchy," right before I signed up and loved it. Instagram felt like a playground.
I met so many amazing people through social media--true soul-family members that I can't imagine not knowing.
I enjoyed sharing stories on social media. I enjoyed the speedy feedback of a ️ or a comment. And I enjoyed getting inspired by other entrepreneurs, athletes and nice humans who shared their words on social media.
And then, at the end of 2019, I started getting nudges that said, "Not this; not here." But if not this and if not here, then what and where, I wondered as I continued to post. Those nudges eventually led to a two-week vacation from the internet. It was frigging glorious. I wrote all about it (ironically) on social media. It felt awkward to re-enter the world of social media after my vacation, but I'd heard that online entrepreneurs must use social media so many times that I believed it.
Finally, the nudges to exit social media got so loud that I couldn't ignore them. I leapt. And by "leapt," I mean that I got the hell out of there. I didn't plan my extraction. I didn't tell people I was leaving.
The first week, I wondered what I was missing. By the second week, I found the concept of social media hilarious. When people talked about interactions on social media, it felt like they were talking about a cartoon--it felt so far removed from the real world to me.
As the weeks progressed, my departure evolved into a retirement. It became a new way of being.
There was an entire segment of life in 2020 that I could no longer relate to and I was fine with that. In fact, I was really really happy about it.
Retiring from social media was probably the best thing I did in 2020.
The amount of creativity, alignment, freedom and flow that has come into my life as a result of my retirement is astounding. Without social media, I feel less mental pressure and more joy (and I was feeling a whole lot of joy even before I retired). And my business--that online business that required me to play on social media--is thriving.
I'm not sharing this to convince you to quit social media. You're the only one who knows what's right for you right now. I'm sharing this to show that it's possible. Humans have a tendency to profess that there's one right way to do things, but there truly are millions of ways to do things.
You don't have to do what other people tell you to do. If that road you're "supposed to" follow doesn't light you up, or if you're getting nudges to change routes, listen.
It's scary to carve your own path. It's also amazingly wonderful. You're here to be you and to share your gifts with the world. To do that, you've gotta quit the stuff that isn't serving you.
I love you.
Love,
Kelsey
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