Five days ago, I did something revolutionary for a Gen Zer: I deleted all the social media apps from my phone.
Social media dependency is a real problem, recent data shows.
So much of my free time throughout the day was consumed by mindless scrolling on the social media platform X and Instagram.
Disconnecting allows time for a self-auditGoing on a 30-day silent retreat is a much greater challenge than ditching social media for a few days.
One commonality between social media detoxes and silent retreats is that Jerjian and Liu also weren't able to access social media during the retreats — where the use of phones wasn't allowed outside of emergencies.
Persons:
George Jerjian, Weiting Liu, Arc.Dev, Liu, Jerjian, He's, It's
Organizations:
CNBC