I Quit Social Media for 30 Days

My experience and what I learned.

Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

At the end of October, I stepped back from working full-time in a restaurant to going full-time as a freelance writer. This meant that I had to make some obvious adjustments to my routine — suddenly, I was in charge of my own hours and could have as much “downtime” as I wanted. I wasn’t at the beck and call of managers, angry customers, or coworkers in…