I Deactivated Instagram and All 1,500 of My Posts are Now Gone Forever

But, I’m surprisingly not as sad as I thought I would be

Lindsey (Lazarte) Carson
3 min readNov 16, 2021

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Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash

About two months ago, I had just about enough of my fill of social media.

Night after night, I would scroll for hours through Instagram watching stories, liking photos, and frequently posting stories of even the most mundane…

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Lindsey (Lazarte) Carson

Written by Lindsey (Lazarte) Carson

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Digital Advertising Professional, Writer, Runner, and soon-to-be Mom. I write about work, relationships, culture, and life in general. Twitter: @lindseyruns

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