I Quit Social Media and Switch to Medium in order to Stay Productive

It’s been a long time for me to be an active reader. I only read something that actually gives no knowledge such as WhatsApp status, Instagram captions and Facebook posts. I realized that I scrolled too much on them until I felt lost. Also after some research on it, there are a lot of successes people suggest to quit social media.

I have followed!

I quit social media

Then I decided to delete all social media apps on my phone and off for about 2 years. It’s not bad at all. I can focus more on my slow living lifestyle, take care of my plants, cook more meals, etcetera. But I just feel that I need them back to keep connected with people that live far from me.

I keep social media apps but limiting my time to use them. It refreshes memories of what I have done with a certain person. I also limit my access to them only if I write about something important for them to know. Not every moment post like when I take a shower, eat, or even when I am going to bed, like I did at a young age. It will sound ‘Iiiyyuuucckkk’ inside my brain.

Have you ever felt the same or you are totally free from social media addiction?

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But when I started my freelance journey. Most of the jobs that are offered by clients are personal assistants to help them manage their social media. It could be private or business. This means a lot of success people out there hate to involve in their own social media. Some probably love their social media but have no time to do it themselves.

This is the opportunity about digital social media. They give you freedom from any kind of social media if you have money to hire VA. You can stay connected even the person who is in charge of your platform is not the real YOU.

Social media is an important thing for everyone but to use it, it requires your precious time. Are you still open to your social media everyday? I don’t.

I found Medium

I found Medium and prefer this media to push me to be more productive on reading and writing. I then start to pay for monthly membership as a reader and write too on Medium. It’s not only I have a platform to push me to write but also serve me content from other writers. I can at least copy the expert writer tone, connect, gaining my knowledge and even give a short storm to wake my brain.

Reading content from other writers on medium gives such benefits in an easy way. They serve 5 daily articles to read if we have no idea what to read in the common version. Usually after we read an article, I can’t deny that we also have a little bit idea to write it down. It’s just the first step in writing.

Developing a small clue it’s not an easy job. That’s why writing processes are the hardest things for a newbie like me. I always end up with only draft in my account. Tons of draft even though it clutters my space.

I learn again how to read faster and write better

Remember, time is our main key to success. Reading needs your time. Read more and you will slowly know the trick how to read faster and get the point of what the writer is trying to tell you about. Your time saved. You have other time to bring out your thoughts into text by writing a story in Medium.

We can easily know which post is worth it by reading their title. After that continuing to the body. If the text can bring us until the end. It means the writer’s succeed to bring their value to the reader. Don’t push yourself to read articles which can’t meet your tone. Including this one.

I believe if my writing is not fit for you then it will fit for other people. I write this to express myself and develop my writing skill.

I found it quite wonderful to be here on Medium. I prefer Medium than any other platform. That’s why Medium is the best platform for me to stay productive. So I quit social media and switched to Medium.