How Social Media Influenced Me
Why I don’t have Social Media As I was growing up social media became more prominent in every day life. I remember at a young age being mesmerized by graphics on the computer, and being excited to text my friends at the touch of a screen. When I received my first phone, everybody wanted to text and keep their every move updated on Facebook and Instagram. Throughout the years I’ve seen technology grow in advance, but it has also began to change my perspective on how beneficial it truly is during our young ages. Early in high school I deleted most of my social media, originally just doing so to focus on school, as I knew the workload would be much different from my previous years in junior high. I didn’t intend to stay off social media as long as I have, but as time progressed in high school I felt as though the break encouraged a more present and “in the moment” response from me, that I wouldn’t have developed if I was staring at a screen all the time. Everybody has the same surprised