Studio Brief 02 - Social media 3 day experiment

I'm an avid social media user and for this project I will be withdrawing myself from social media for three days. Each day I will keep a diary of how I feel and how I am coping without my beloved.

The reason I want to explore this is to prove is my campaign of the illusion of social media and its negativity is worth it. Although my campaign does not express that social media is bad or shouldn't be used, it does support the idea that it often better not to let it become a main focus in ones life.

DAY 1

10AM - ALREADY WANTING TO CHECK ALL MY SOCIALS AS IT IS A MORNING HABIT
12AM - BORED. FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING OUT EVEN THOUGH NOTHING AMAZING IS PROBABLY HAPPENING.
3PM - TRYING TO RESIST THE MEMES MY FRIENDS KEEP TALKING ABOUT
8PM - ALMOST LOGGED ONTO FACEBOOK AND HAD TO RESIST - ITS SO HARD, WHY???

DAY 2

9AM - WALKING UP AND CHECKING WASN'T SO BAD, RESISTED THE URGE. FRIENDS ARE ALREADY ASKING WHY I'M NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. APPARENTLY I'M MISSING A LOT OF GOOD MEMES.
1PM - FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING OUT AGAIN, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE ON THERE PHONES. ITS MAKING ME REALISE HOW MUCH EVERYONES USES THEM, INCLUDING MYSELF.
3PM - FINDING MYSELF BE MORE INTERACTIVE AND SOCIAL AS I'M HAVING TO TALK TO PEOPLE INSTEAD OF HIDING BEHIND MY PHONE OR USING IT AS AN EXCUSE TO NOT TALK TO ANYONE

DAY 3

9AM - USED TO NOT CHECKING MY MORNING FEED - BECOMING LESS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE POSTING
5PM - REALLY BORED!!! REALISING I SPEND A LOT OF TIME SCROLLING WHICH IN A WAY IS REALLY TIME CONSUMING WHEN I COULD BE DOING SO MUCH MORE
6PM - BEGUN TO READ AGAIN WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO GET BACK INTO
8PM - LEFT THE HOUSE (SHOCK) TO GO MEET A OLD FRIEND I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE WHICH WAS REALLY NICE AND I CAN IMAGINE THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE NOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Afterthoughts

• Found it really hard to resist social media as I am addicted to it, although I know I don't need it -  confusing? 
• Gives me so much more time to do other things
• Shows how much time I actually spend on it each day and I know from myself it isnt always a positive experience - for the most part it is negative 
• Feel it is really relevant to practice the opinion of social media as a threat to us as a society (in some ways) and the fact that it shouldn't be taken so seriously