Jul 21, 2023·edited Jul 21, 2023Liked by Cynthia Girardin
Me he registrado en Substack solo para poder decirte lo muchisimo que me ha gustado tu post de hoy. Siento que tengo que dejar de usar tanto Instagram y no veo otra alternativa que borrar la app una temporada. Quizá pruebe en vacaciones, no sé. Siento que he dejado de disfrutar de verdad de las cosas y de hacerlas PARA MI. Me alegra estar en contacto con alguien fuera de IG. Gracias!! Eres una inspiración siempre.
Oh, muchísimas gracias! Entiendo perfectamente lo que dices y me parece una idea estupenda probar una desconexión coincidiendo con las vacaciones ❤ Ya me contarás que tal!
100% relate to this. I deleted instagram a while ago for a couple of months and went on holiday without any instastories, which felt slightly odd at first but super liberating after a bit. I was a lot less obsessed with things and question my own decisions and my own tastes while I was off it. I came back to it and now I feel like the same dynamic is back. Dumb scrolling and FOMO. While I do find interesting things on instagram, I’m currently trying to weigh out what the good and the bad of it is. I’m leaning more towards the bad and I’m trying to find other sources of interesting content (local magazines for events, books listed on other books for book recs, blogs...) I’m finding that it all comes more organically than I think and I don’t really need instagram, so I’m slowly moving towards not being on it at all. I highly recommend Emma Gannon’s book “disconnected”, it helped me navigate my social media anxiety as someone who depends on social media to make a living.
Love your newsletter! This has made me feel a lot less alone and it’s just really really nice. Hope you’re having a fabbbb weekend.
I am seriously thinking about subscribing to Emma's newsletter, I've been following her for a while, and I relate a lot with most of what she writes. I will also check her books!
I think it’s a good idea to evaluate whether instagram is the only way to do the things you want eg connection and that can be found elsewhere. I think like you I am finding it too overwhelming as a consumer of it so what if we just create? Apparently it doesn’t win many followers or engagement and arguably lose the connection but what if we find that on substack instead? I think I can see myself using it as a billboard but I’m not sure there is any point in it if IG won’t show my stuff due to me not being very engaging/algorithm pleasing. I don’t know!
Hi Kylie-Ann! Sorry for the super late reply to your comment but I wasn't notified of it for some reason! 🙈 I completely agree, I find more meaningful connection on Substack and that's one of the reasons I decided to shut down my IG for good this month.
So much I love about this!! - like you, my definition of success has changed a lot recently. Also you completely floored me when you said we don't need followers because we're not Jesus (coming from a Christian!)... so true but I'd never thought of it like that!
Oh, thank you for that! I love that my wee comment made you giggle 💗 I am massively noticing how my definition of success is now more about fulfillment than anything else, and I can't say how happy I am about it...
Me he registrado en Substack solo para poder decirte lo muchisimo que me ha gustado tu post de hoy. Siento que tengo que dejar de usar tanto Instagram y no veo otra alternativa que borrar la app una temporada. Quizá pruebe en vacaciones, no sé. Siento que he dejado de disfrutar de verdad de las cosas y de hacerlas PARA MI. Me alegra estar en contacto con alguien fuera de IG. Gracias!! Eres una inspiración siempre.
Oh, muchísimas gracias! Entiendo perfectamente lo que dices y me parece una idea estupenda probar una desconexión coincidiendo con las vacaciones ❤ Ya me contarás que tal!
Can relate 😮💨 thanks for this Cynthia!
I'm so happy you liked it!
100% relate to this. I deleted instagram a while ago for a couple of months and went on holiday without any instastories, which felt slightly odd at first but super liberating after a bit. I was a lot less obsessed with things and question my own decisions and my own tastes while I was off it. I came back to it and now I feel like the same dynamic is back. Dumb scrolling and FOMO. While I do find interesting things on instagram, I’m currently trying to weigh out what the good and the bad of it is. I’m leaning more towards the bad and I’m trying to find other sources of interesting content (local magazines for events, books listed on other books for book recs, blogs...) I’m finding that it all comes more organically than I think and I don’t really need instagram, so I’m slowly moving towards not being on it at all. I highly recommend Emma Gannon’s book “disconnected”, it helped me navigate my social media anxiety as someone who depends on social media to make a living.
Love your newsletter! This has made me feel a lot less alone and it’s just really really nice. Hope you’re having a fabbbb weekend.
"Liberating" being the keyword!!!
I am seriously thinking about subscribing to Emma's newsletter, I've been following her for a while, and I relate a lot with most of what she writes. I will also check her books!
I hope you are having a cool fab summer too 💖
I think it’s a good idea to evaluate whether instagram is the only way to do the things you want eg connection and that can be found elsewhere. I think like you I am finding it too overwhelming as a consumer of it so what if we just create? Apparently it doesn’t win many followers or engagement and arguably lose the connection but what if we find that on substack instead? I think I can see myself using it as a billboard but I’m not sure there is any point in it if IG won’t show my stuff due to me not being very engaging/algorithm pleasing. I don’t know!
Hi Kylie-Ann! Sorry for the super late reply to your comment but I wasn't notified of it for some reason! 🙈 I completely agree, I find more meaningful connection on Substack and that's one of the reasons I decided to shut down my IG for good this month.
So much I love about this!! - like you, my definition of success has changed a lot recently. Also you completely floored me when you said we don't need followers because we're not Jesus (coming from a Christian!)... so true but I'd never thought of it like that!
Oh, thank you for that! I love that my wee comment made you giggle 💗 I am massively noticing how my definition of success is now more about fulfillment than anything else, and I can't say how happy I am about it...
Serenity is a pretty good place to be...! 👌🏻