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Week 9: Social Media Fast

I am writing this post as I finish my social media fast that I decided to do today with my fiance. We decided to take the day off and just spend time with each other rather than mindlessly scrolling through our phones.

It was awesome! I really feel like we had better conversations and overall just focused on each other more and forgot about our phones all-together.

I highly recommend a 24-hour social media fast for everyone at least once a month. It really helped me put things into perspective and realize how much time I spend mindlessly scrolling.

I am excited and feel like this helped prepare me for the technology fast I want to do this semester!


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  1. Kathryn PasseyNovember 11, 2019 at 4:31 PM

    That's awesome! It's really cool that you were able to feel the benefits of doing a fast like this! I'd love to try that out! I really wish I could do a school fast to focus on my family more. ;) I think that would be really beneficial too!

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  2. Alison CrookshankNovember 13, 2019 at 9:41 AM

    Good job! I've been meaning to find a time to do that for extra credit, but I keep feeling like it's not a good time. I guess it never is though and that's the point right?

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  3. UnknownNovember 14, 2019 at 9:20 AM

    I recently did a social media fast and honestly it almost felt cleansing haha I definitely agree that everyone should participate in some form of social media fast often.

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