I Quit Social Media for a Year
When I quit I ended up reading books and watching TV for entertainment. I literally read over a million words of fiction (Worm) in one month with the spare time.<p>It was a lot more fulfilling, and I&#x27;ll remember that time. While in contrast there are few social media moments I&#x27;ll miss.<p>I had to actually force myself to get back into social media. I&#x27;m not sure what the author here means by withdrawal; there was maybe a period of 1 week trying to get back in, but it was over quickly.<p>One big thing that happened was the number of consulting contracts went down significantly and never recovered. I&#x27;m quite Facebook active and used to get two interview offers a month. In fact last month I got a huge opportunity that I would have gladly accepted if I wasn&#x27;t committed to anything else.<p>I&#x27;d be happy if social media was just wiped out and we went back to socializing on forums and IRC.