Same I don't like how Pinterest is just a bunch of ads. Every app is blending together 😟

Something that helped me in those days was reading, I started reading again, bakery courses and also improving my English 🤭

“you don’t need to be the main character of your own life” was an EPIPHANY for me. That sums up the social media attachment in a nutshell because I’m so concerned about how not having a digital presence will affect how other people see me. I’m so glad you’re talking about the problems with social media!! A woman at my church said to me the other day “my generation can see how much of social media is a lie, but your generation was raised with it and it’s so much harder for you to see it.” I think she’s absolutely right.

i’ll be like i have no social media then realize youtube is a gateway drug to the real thing ..

My husband and I got flip phones yesterday! I still have Facebook and KZfaq, but only use them on the iPad or desktop so it doesn’t become doom scrolling. Excited to see how this journey goes

I love smaller KZfaq channels this is peaceful since you're just in the car

Volunteering is the unsung hero of ways to spend time. Hobbies, great. But volunteering is so underrated and honestly just overlooked, but it is SO rewarding and genuinely feels so good. If you have the time, it’s absolutely worth looking into, and you’ll be surprised what beautiful experiences come out of it.

I've stopped doomscrolling around fall of last year. Instead of doomscrolling I looked through my old stop motion videos that I used to make on my 3DS and I'd love to start making some more of those.

I really liked this video it gave me chill 2016 vibes , currently been off instagram for a while now and the last social left to delte for me is tiktok ! Great content !!!

I had completely forgotten about the little fun classes at colleges! I took a cake decorating class when I was around 17/18 just for fun. I'm going to have to look into what they offer again. My current little "fill time" hobby is a sketch book. I have zero talent at that but I'd doodle little hearts or flowers, write quotes, put stickers in it, etc. Definitely not anywhere near an artist level of anything, but it's fun. It helps me especially because I have OCD and having this little book that stuff goes in without rhyme or reason helps me let go of some control. I'm excited for next weeks video! Loved the intro of this one. 😆

social media is great u just gotta stay on the good side and ignore the brainrot 👍 i really like this chill side of youtube though its nice

pinterest is entering its enshitification phase. sad.

Yes, volunteering for the win! Social media can make you feel really disconnected from other people because it's often very commercialised and fake. Volunteering really helps combat that fakeness and shows you how we're all connected.

I read the bottles of shampoo like an adult! Now you know my poo secret.

I love this ! I been scared of that boredom for so long this really encouraged me on my journey with this.

This has been super helpful to me! As a 35 year mom of a toddler, I found a video you made of quitting your social media and have since made the decision to delete my social media apps. Thanks for the inspiration and tips!

Deleted my social media 3 days ago and the first video I saw was yours and I instantly subscribed. I love your videos, please post more. Maybe a day in my life please

Love the chill vibes. You're inspiring me to be more intentional about how I spend my time.

thank you so much for sharing these videos with us :) it's so soothing to just sit and listen to your thoughts and experiences with quitting social media. the past year has been huge for me in terms of noticing my own patterns and addictions, and scrolling/screen time is the biggest barrier for me atm. you've given me a lot of hope that i can do it, and reassurance that the grass can be greener on the other side if you want it to be :))

Might be unrelated, but ... It's the first time I have seen this creator ever on my FYP, and 5 mins into the video, I realize I am in love with this person. Now I want to watch everything created by you, you became my new addiction. Thnks for all this content you are putting out and for showing a different way to approachboredom

For anyone else who's struggling with being addicted to KZfaq, try Invidious for desktop web browsing and NewPipe for phones. Both are alternative front-ends that get rid of YT's addictive features (e.g. shorts). In any case, lovely video. I replaced my time spent on socmed with reading, walking, and making videos.

I’ve been becoming the best version of myself and have been thinking of deleting facebook which was the only social media left on my phone, and you have inspired me to jump over the hump . I am now officially social media free, besides YT! But like you said, you can control what you watch! You are awesome!!! 👍🏼😎

you have such good vibes!! i saw your deleting social media video and i was so inspired and didn’t know how to start. i love the cute recommandations as someone who also loves cute things ☺️☺️

You’re so mature and well spoken for such a young lady!❤

Love your channel! I’m on this journey too :) this channel gives me “old KZfaq” vibes and I love it so much

Girll we gotta connect 😂, After deleting social media from my phone I also use pinterest to gather references for my art haha, it's kind scary how similar we are WHAT? And also with other things you mentioned, we so alike 😂

You’ve inspired me to go off of social media for the week of my vacation! Gonna see if I feel even more relaxed

Very inspirational! I always try to detox but its so hard. I wanna start again and already got some ideas what to do and your tips just got me motivation to try new stuff, thank you❤

came across this on my recommended, this channel is so cosy 💕

I found your video about being off social media for 3 years. It gives me hope! I like your channel. I deleted my apps off my phone today and just wanted to find people who are like the person I want to be (aka off social media). Haven’t deleted accounts totally yet but hopefully that my next step . I am trying to find things to replace my media usage and honestly? I kind of want to go back to reading magazines. I love some goss and I used to love flipping through magazines as a teen and kid. 😆 Social media just seems like it has consumed so much of our lives. I want to be creative again and not waste my life.

I just found your channel today while looking for videos in KZfaq recommendations and I loved it!! My main language it's Portuguese, but I could listen to you talking for hours!!🥰

i’m subscribing because you inspired me to play around on giphy … it’s so much fun 😭

i love these videos!! you seem like someone i would want to be friends with irl

I watched your other video in this topic yesterday. Absolutely agree with you. Everytime I get bored I play guitar or do something artistic and I can say beauty comes out of boredom. We have to stop blocking it with these apps. Get em off your phone and get a journal. (A hardcover paper one…not the notes app)

I have decided to take a break from Facebook and Instagram for a month after watching your video on leaving social media. This will be the longest I will gone and it's scary. I will take this time to be silent and spend more time with God.

I love this!! Thank you for sharing 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

This video is so helpful!!! It just came up recommended for me which is perfff cause I just deleted instagram and Snapchat (working on tik tok next) and I’m sooo bored lol. All your tips are great I’m def gonna download giphy. Also you’re so pretty!!! Thanks for the cool vid

taking a college class instead of an exercise class at a gym is a HUGE tip. and classes in general. i'm about to move cross country to a small town and have been trying to think of things to get involved in and luckily they have a community college in town. perfect. thank you!!

These are amazing ideas, I need to put myself out there more

Watching this while doom scrolling through your content 😅😅

New subscriber here. I’m in my mid-30s. I deleted social media-except for this, which I just started going on fairly recently-around the time of the pandemic. (Thanks to a book I read about social media use.) I don’t think I’m going to ever go back on. I was having way too much anxiety as a result of having it. Like one of the other commenters said, I read a lot now. I’ve also been listening to a ton of podcasts. Anyway, please keep up the great work! From what I’ve heard and seen so far it sounds like you’ll be very successful!

such a nice video, very calming uwu

Thank you for this video ❤

i love your videos!!!

Really enjoying your videos! I was wondering if you are going to keep repurchasing smartphones, or what your outlook on that is. I think many people are too tempted to redownload apps if they keep their smartphone, so I think it’s really impressive that you use it for other things without being reeled back in!

My time killers on my phone are my jigsaw puzzle app (Puzzle Crown ftw!!) and ebooks!!

was literally going to ask you in your quitting social media video what you do in your free time when you want to scroll because I find myself just staring and being bored then taking a nap LOL its gotten better for me the past few weeks because i bought a bunch of diy crafts I can work on hehe

Yay! You’re so cute! I love this so much 💛

I used to use all these apps before I got social media (my parents didn’t let me and would confiscate my phone lol) and mannnn do I miss those old days. I used to be so creative and now I find myself miserable wondering why I ever went the social media route. I’ve been trying to delete my social media for YEARSSSS now (lol, since I got it at 18) and boy oh boy IS THIS HARDDDD

the first thing I noticed was that I have not been bored in yeeeaaars. Because doom scrolling just filled that time. I think evolutionary at first it was just for that and connecting with others but then it occupied more and more time. To the point that I'd rather scroll than do something else. PLUS it is a really efficient (but shitty) way to procrastinate 😅

Just stumbled across your page and girl, I love your vibe!! So fun to see such a positive little corner of KZfaq :) (also I'm dying to know your MBTI type haha)

i cant rly delete social media because my future kinda depends on my accounts, so trying to not use it as much is just a pure will power thing rn and its so hard but im rly trying not to be on the apps at all unless im posting something, but instagram literally feels like home at this point, i open it without even thinking and by the time i notice im already like 3 reels deep

A year in a phone is 5 years outside.

Fire intro😂

I would like to see how you set up your phone without social media, i mean, what apps you use and if it’s more of a minimal style setup idk… of course if that’s not intrusive 😊

Omg I love gifs too, I knew I wasn't the only one obsessed. I'm always sending one. I use whatsapp and stickers are common there, but I don't like them, long live the gifs haha 💗

also theirs an app called meetup where you join local events in your area and basically hangout

Great video. You are an interesting person. What is your MySpace?

my main problem is that I have a chronic illness that doesn't allow me to do much, I need to rest in bed most of my day. also the pain makes it difficult to engage in most things, it's miserable... I don't know what to do to fill my time, distract myself... :(

Even though I wouldn't consider myself addicted to social media, I definitely see myself going on a lot more than I would like to. I know if I just quit It would rewire my brain against it but I just have too much fun on it sometimes lol. BTW, did you get my response to you last vid? for some reason my response to you only posted in the "newest" section not the "top" section. I gave you the name of the skin care company and other det's.

This is my sign to delete insta! I do love to read so hopefully having more time off my phone will help me read more!

I deleted social media back in March, never had any regrets. Every app just seems like the same thing, it’s tiring. Girl, it’s better not to have it. I know they have advantages but most of the time it’s just complete nonsense. I spent time on drawing and now focusing on my channel.

I am watching this WHILE pooping 😢

I didn't download the Pinterest app on my phone because it takes space like socmed. I use it on my desktop and the ads you're mentioning isn't there (so it only applies in the app). So I can still happily scroll and get inspo from Pinterest... except that it is also filled with AI. 0.0

Not me listening to this as I poop…🤷🏻‍♀️😂

you know I was thinking of reactivating instagram but after this I feel like there is this freedom of not being on my phone 24/7. And want to be more intentional with how I use my time

whats your advice for someone that is a travel agent and is trying to promote their business online to find clients to build their business? someone is me haha. I want to get off social media but I feel like I cant because it will affect my work. But then I dont alway use it for work! ugh

you are my new favorite youtuber 🥹

😂I’m a lady I don’t poop!!!! I actually believed that as a young guy lol I’m 36 now and I still believe it 😑

Are you by Any chance looking for an editor would look to help for free !! Love the content

Hi, millennial here. Three things that consumed my time in my teens/20's, and I believe you touched on them well: 1) Volunteering. I volunteered as required for a scholarship but I chose things I liked: Animal Shelter, Senior Center, and the Food Pantry at a local church. Unfortunately I wasn't able to network very easily but it was still something that gave me purpose without wasting my time. 2) Exercise. You don't have to do a full workout, just do something that relaxes you. For me it was walking around my campus and listening to music, I could literally do this until my device died. 3) Hobbies. Everyone has different hobbies and it's important to find out what things you like to do that make you happy and enable you to relax. Watching T.V., cooking, reading, playing games. Just make sure you are aware of how much time you're spending on these hobbies, as they could end up consuming too much of your time.

Writing, reading, self reflecting, planning and even videogames are way better alternatives to doom scrolling

I feel like you will be a great mother, cuz you look like one

Doesn’t KZfaq count as social media?

Replace your phone with a notebook and converse your thoughts you need good riddance from the cursed object not a replacement.

Great video❤❤... how old r u😅

I only poop when I poop, am I the only one?😅😅😂 Loved ur video❤

Well at least this one is something I can watch because I am not a girly girlboss

SORRY CAN'T DO THIS AS ISSUES I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY NEED ADDRESSING. OUR PLANET NEEDS HELP AND SOME OF US HAVE IDEAS TO DO JUST THIS INSTEAD OF BRAINLESSLY TEXTING TO EVERY PERSON ON THIS PLANET!!!

Hi friend, thanks for this wonderful vid. I’m 34 and quit all social media in March except for KZfaq. Even with YT I need to be careful because of all the shorts. But your video is inspiring me to make my own vid about my journey being off social media and how to cope with the adjustment. So thank you! 🫶🏻

I am watching this WHILE pooping 😢