why I stop using Instagram for 30 days (or maybe more)

Instagram. The thing that I spend my time on so much during majority of my day since like forever that I have it. Especially in recent times where it had become so much more than just a photo sharing app. But now it becomes a content sharing, photos, videos, daily 24 hours short videos.

I have really enjoyed posting my travel photos and videos/ vlogs. But now, I realised that sometimes I post just for the sake of posting (with no intention). And I really don't want it to come out as showing off because I don't want to do that. Recently I have archived so many of my posts on there because I felt like I was showing off too much and I don't want to do that on my account.

During the first 20 days of Ramadan, I didn't the deactivate my profile yet. I just deleted the application from my phone. So occasionally I open it on my web browser to see messages and another purpose was to look at the aaplus instagram account (because I subscribed for paid content). However, I realised aaplus content can be quite overwhelming. Just almost 1 month in and I feel like there are so much content they give (this is good btw because it compensate the amount that I paid). But after not going on to their instagram, I felt more comfortable and only consume the content on their website within my preferred amount so that I wasn't overwhelmed.

Then came the last 10 days of Ramadan, I decided to deactivate my instagram profile. Just being non existent on Instagram. This really made it a lot easier not to go on there to consume anything. I don't feel compel to use my phone much. One thing I realised about not having Instagram is that I needed to find something else to replace it. And this was youtube. Youtube content varies. Sometimes its just for entertainment but sometimes its quite educational and beneficial for me (which I prefer). But I also need to get rid of this second addiction.

For now I don't know yet if I will get back on Instagram. But I hope I do and maybe I'll post only content that I feel has a good intention behind it. I just want to use social media in a more intentional way.