I Finally Took All Social Media Off My Phone. I’m More Bored and Happier.

I hate social media more than anyone I know.

For every one good thing it does (keep us connected, give us a centralized database of all our pictures, make us laugh) it does ten bad things (and a couple really bad things).

I scrolled through or used any social media app in years. The last holdout I had on my phone was YouTube, but I recently removed that. Now, all I have to do when I sit on the toilet is…think.

I’m definitely more bored nowadays.

But I’m definitely happier, too.

The other day, I went to eat some lunch by myself, and for the first time, didn’t open my phone to entertain me as I ate. I just sat there, eating my food by myself in silence. And you know where my mind wandered?

I realized I had been angry, and I began thinking through why I was feeling that way.

I probably never would’ve done that if I had social media or something to distract me.

Is It Really So Bad to Be Bored?

I have two young kids. It’s fascinating to see what they do when they’re bored. They usually play. They often devolve into fighting over toys and don’t share when they should, don’t get me wrong. But they also…