hey guys it's Lucy Fink this week is 5
days of no social media what happens on
social media stays on Google forever my
co-producer assigned me to do 5 days on
a social media cleanse and because this
is my job I have no choice every single
time I make one of these videos you get
my little name popping up right here
that's my Instagram handle and my
Twitter handle this is how I communicate
with you guys there is definitely a bit
of a generational discrepancy when it
comes to the way that Society tells us
that social media contributes to our
lives personally I'm at a Crossroads
when it comes to social media because I
use it for two very different things one
thing and something you guys might not
know about me I'm a stop motion artist
and I've turned my Instagram feed into a
productive creative platform that allows
me to make both art and money but on the
complete opposite end of the spectrum
social media can be for me an endless
soul sucking void of emojis and red
hearts hashtagging tweeting
instagramming liking commenting this
week I want to gain a better
understanding of that crossroads for
myself am I actually addicted or am I
being creative and adding art into the
world and inspiring other people
starting right now Monday morning time
to log out of my apps being famous on
Instagram is pretty much the same thing
as being rich in Monopoly it's not real
so everybody can just calm down a couple
of times already my fingers have
automatically navigated to the spot on
my phone where these social media apps
used to live I'm learning that I reach
for social media when I'm in moments of
transition from place to place when I
don't have much else to do not having
access to these apps has caused me to be
a little bit more aware of my
surroundings to see if I'm really
addicted or to see if I'm just a media
loving Millennial who has embraced the
digital Revolution I'm bringing you guys
into my place of work refiner 29 I think
it's really interesting in a week
without social media to be in a place
like this where social media is so
integral to our daily operations while
some people in other fields might get in
trouble for Snapchatting at work we at
Refinery actually have a team of people
whose sole job here is to create content
exclusively for Snapchat anyone on the
social media team will tell you that
it's real hard work and they work
extremely hard to cultivate this ongoing
relationship that refiner 29 has with
our
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bun today I took a coffee break with my
friend Lauren magenta she is a food
photographer yet another person who uses
her social media feeds for business we
had our lattes and our Donuts perfect
for that perfect Instagram post and I do
have to admit I felt an ounce of fomo
back when I went a week without about my
phone I spoke to a psychologist she told
me that getting social media likes and
comments acts as a type of reward for us
because of the chemical that it releases
in our brains I mean when I go to a cafe
do I even order what I'm ordering
because I want it or do I order it
because I think it will look good in a
photo in the absence of photographing
the donuts to post them on social media
I just got to eat the donuts I had a
good midday snack so on Instagram once
you hit 11 likes all of the names
disappear and it starts counting up so
11 likes or you should probably delete
it this week I've been thinking a lot
about my Facebook wall my Instagram feed
my Pinterest boards honestly no matter
how hard I try to convince myself that
everything that I put up there is only
for me I think that there's no denying
that a bit of what we post if not most
of it is intended for other people today
I
decided no more of that I'm making
myself a wall similar to my Facebook
wall but instead it's literally going up
on the wall of my bedroom people I love
things that I love without likes
comments without affirmation from others
this is what makes me smile it's for me
and only me and that makes me
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happy I don't care about how many
followers I have really doesn't matter
oh wait this it's vintage follow me am I
addicted to social media I don't think
so it was not nearly as hard as I
thought it would be here's what I'm
hoping you guys take away from this week
I think social media is a huge community
of movers shakers makers and whether you
have five followers or 5 million
followers these small Niche creative
communities can provide you with the
opportunity to connect with people that
you never would have met otherwise for a
creative brain I think that this is a
very important platform I believe that
if you put into this community what you
get out of it can also be very positive
I'm not leaving this week saying I'm
going to cut myself off from all forms
of social media rather what I've taken
away from this week was to remember to
inspire myself and for me it was that
literal social feed hanging on my wall
what is that for you are you a writer if
so maybe keep a journal next to your bed
are you a musician sing yourself a song
every night try giving up social media
for a week let me know how it feels send
me a tweet send me an Instagram Direct
message see you on social media are you
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