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I Stopped Caring So Much About Social Media and It’s Made Me A Lot Happier
Someone once told me that as you get older, you stop caring so much about the things that don’t really matter in life — Well, I’ve gotten a bit older and I can say that I’ve definitely stopped caring so much about the majority of the petty things that I used to care about.
I stopped caring so much about what people think of me. I stopped caring so much about what I was missing out on if I wasn’t out drinking on the weekends. I stopped caring so much about impressing people who weren’t significant in my life. I stopped caring so much about things that have happened in the past.
And as of recently, I’ve stopped caring so much about something that should be pretty far down on anyone’s priority list — I stopped caring so much about social media (which kind of goes hand in hand with each of those other things that I don’t really about anymore).
I’d like to say, “I guess that’s a part of growing up”, but then what would you make of the fifty, sixty, or seventy-plus year-olds who are constantly trolling social media?
Throughout my journey of becoming a Writer, I always felt strongly that social media played a significant role towards being successful. I read countless articles arguing that in order to be a successful Writer, you need to promote…
