June 19, 2025 • 18 mins
In this deeply personal exploration, I dive into what actually happens during a social media detox – both the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms and the surprising benefits that emerge once you push through the initial discomfort. Tune in to join the next challenge!
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Laura (00:01):
All right guys, have you ever picked up your phone to
check the time?
Or maybe one of your friendssent you a video on social media
and then, 45 minutes later,you're still there.
You're checking all of theseother videos that keep popping
up.
That's something I think we allhave experienced what happens
(00:23):
when the doom scrolling stopsand why it's both harder and
better than you think.
Welcome back to the MaineAllure podcast.
My name is Laura and todaywe're going to be diving into
something we all think aboutdoing but most of us never
really actually commit tobecause it's so difficult and
(00:46):
that is disconnecting fromsocial media.
We're going to talk about allthe weird challenges, how
difficult it is to emotionallydetox from that experience and
the surprising benefits thatkick in after you go through
that really bad hump ofdiscomfort.
And, yes, I'll be sharing someof the embarrassing moments when
(01:09):
I try to go offline officiallyand still somehow manage to open
up my Instagram because, hey,it's just muscle memory, so
let's get into it.
Okay, I think we have to getreal here and understand and
realize that logging off soundsgreat in theory.
(01:30):
It is an absolutely somethingthat we all wish we could just
do at a whim, until you actuallytry to do it.
You know, suddenly you feellike almost like a modern day
caveman who just lost her magicmirror, and it's kind of like
that time you remember if youwere around in the 90s when you
go from 1999 to the Y2K era andyou feel like everybody has left
(01:54):
you behind.
But the truth is that you knowit's a little bit of an
exaggeration, it's not as bad,but it's still so difficult to
go through In the beginning isbad, but it's still so difficult
to go through In the beginning.
You start checking your fridge,like it's Twitter or you know
Threads or Instagram, whatever,and you start opening your
laundry.
You just, you know looking outthe window every time, because
(02:15):
you're just so used to doingsomething with your hands, or
even if it's just scrollingthrough your phone.
You pick up your phone andstare at the home screen like
it's going to perform somethingfor you, like it's just waiting
for you to tell it Come, tell mesomething great, tell me
something wonderful.
And so you actually get FOMO,which is the fear of missing out
(02:36):
, because you don't know whatyour cousin's doing with their
dog.
You know, maybe your friendwent on a date and you're
waiting to see pictures orvideos or something that they're
posting, just to see whatthey're up to and how it went.
Of course, you can always justpick up the phone and call them,
right?
But it's just so much easier tojust look through their social
(02:57):
media and see what they're up to.
But the hard truth is that youdon't realize just how addicting
it is until you are trying tostop full stop.
That's not really your fault.
These apps are literally madeand designed to pretty much make
you want to become an addict,right?
(03:17):
That whole dopamine.
It just becomes like anaddiction where you just want to
constantly be fed theseexperiences because it does make
you feel good, and sometimes,as a result, you get anxiety
when you don't even know what'sgoing on, right?
So just remember that it's allby design and with a little bit
(03:39):
of time and a little bit ofpatience, we can get through it
and you can get through detoxingfrom social media.
All of you who are listening,did it take some time to take
those 48 hours to detox fromsocial media?
And if you didn't, that's okay.
You still have time.
You can do that at any time,right?
(04:00):
The point is to go through thatexperience and get to see what
it feels like.
So that whole detoxing period.
I'm going to be very honest.
It is extremely difficult,especially if you've never done
it or if your life is prettymuch on social media, which is
understandable but not to beconfused with the internet,
(04:23):
because we obviously all needthe internet to survive at this
point.
We have to most of us work withcomputers and things like that,
so let's make sure that wedifferentiate the internet with
social media.
When you think about socialmedia, here's what no one tells
you those first few daysabsolutely suck.
(04:45):
It's like you know, you almostfeel like a crackhead.
You know what I'm saying.
You know you feel bored, leftout, you're restless, you start
tapping your feet, you feel likeyou've just been dumped by your
toxic but fun ex right Like theone that's just all over the
place, but somehow you just keepgoing back to that's that
(05:07):
feeling.
I mean, how many times have youdecided, maybe, if you have
tried to detox and you decide todelete an app from your phone
and then somehow you end upGoogling things and then you end
up seeing a link of that socialmedia platform on your search.
You know you're like, well, I'mtechnically not on my phone
(05:29):
right, like I deleted the appSomehow.
This is just a search online onmy laptop.
Big difference I'm not loggedin, so you end up justifying
that whole process.
But you're still doing that,right.
You're still looking throughsocial media and the truth is
that the silence that you gothrough while you're detoxing is
(05:49):
so uncomfortable because you'reso used to that noise, you're
so used to scrolling and seeingthe videos and people dancing
and people talking and makingjokes.
And even now, when there's likeso much going on in the world,
you want to stay connected andfeel like you know what's going
on.
Right.
But the discomfort doesn't meanthat it's wrong.
(06:09):
It just means that you'regrowing.
So, whenever you feel like youhave to disconnect and remove
yourself, right, because even inthese current times, you almost
feel like you have to removeyourself and disconnect in order
to feel sane Again.
It just means that you'regrowing, that you're going
through a phase where you needto process what you're feeling
(06:34):
and what you're experiencing,instead of just allowing the
internet or social media ratherto translate that for you or to
tell you what you're supposed tofeel.
So what happens after you startthat whole detox process and we
already spoke about what happensin the beginning, right, like
(06:54):
you start feeling anxious andyou feel like you're losing it.
But something happens after afew days, right, and obviously
our challenge was just 48 hours,so it was really just going
through the motions.
But if you were able to extendthat time, I've done it for
months, months at a time.
(07:15):
I think one time I did it for ayear, which was actually pretty
calming.
And that's what happens to youand that's what will happen to
you if you decide to extend thattime, that whole idea.
You know, after a few days yourbrain just stops yearning and
itching for that dopamine.
Your body feels calmer, youstart to sleep better because
(07:39):
you're not anticipating doingthis.
Right before you go to bed, youactually learn to hear your own
thoughts again and the wholething is you even start reading
books.
Maybe you want to write a book,anything that you feel you
haven't been able to do.
You're thinking about thosethings.
Now.
There could be a point whereyou go outside in the yard
you're like, hmm, the grasslooks a little too high.
(08:00):
Let me go ahead and mow thelawn, because I actually didn't
realize it was growing this much, because I've been just so busy
going through social media anddoom scrolling and keeping my
brain busy doing other things.
You stop comparing yourself toeveryone's reels or TikToks or
whatever, and you do actuallystart to reconnect with what you
(08:23):
actually care about, and notnecessarily what's trending.
You start paying attention toyour surroundings, what is
important to you, and you givethat more focus, which, in
return, right, you start feelingso much better because it's
something that you can touch andfeel.
It's something that's tangible.
You're not necessarily lookingoutward into what the rest of
(08:47):
the universe is doing.
You're focusing on those littlethings that matter.
Maybe you can spend more timewith family, maybe you can go
out and go for a walk, get tomeet your neighbors, right.
So pay attention to that andthose are some of the great
benefits that come with detoxingis realizing that there's more
(09:10):
to life right Than just theinternet, than just social media
.
You go from well, what willpeople think if I don't post
something To?
Well, who cares?
I actually like this moment forme.
You start to realize that noteverything needs to be posted
online, that some things couldbe kept for you, and when you do
(09:30):
that, it almost feels like atreasure trove that you keep for
yourself, because unless thepeople around you are there
every day to experience thosethings with you, then you know,
does it matter that they see itor not?
Absolutely not.
And suddenly, when you do this,your worth is no longer
(09:51):
measured by your followers, byyour likes, by the reactions of
other people.
You're doing it because yougenuinely and authentically want
to do them and because that'swhat really matters to you.
Now you may be wondering whathappened during my 48 hour detox
and of course, I already spokeabout all of the things like
(10:14):
going through the motions offeeling the pressure of not
opening different accounts, butI didn't.
Oh, my God, I'm laughingbecause I have to be honest, I
did try, but I have to be honest, I did try, but I did end up
(10:39):
just ruining it because it endedup being a reflex of just
seeing the app and you justnaturally open it right.
So I ended up opening Instagramby mistake and then, of course,
I lasted like maybe 10 minutesbecause something caught my eye,
caught my attention, and Iended up sticking with it for 10
minutes.
But I realized it.
Now you gotta give it up to me,because I did realize I had
(11:00):
made a mistake and ended upclosing it really quickly and
continuing with my journey, butit was extremely hard to just
get rid of that reflex ofopening social media, and I'm
sure it was just as difficultfor you.
So again, I encourage you to doit.
It's going to feel amazing onceyou're done.
(11:22):
So if you can stick with it forlonger than 48 hours, maybe a
week, you can do that.
You can try a day, maybe twodays, three a week a month,
until you figure out like, hey,you know what?
I could actually last a lotlonger than I thought, which
will be a great challenge and agreat feat for you, because we
(11:45):
all know how difficult it is,especially now that it's getting
warm outside here in the States.
So just think about it and tryto challenge yourself.
That's one way for you tochallenge yourself and see just
what you can do.
All right, let's talk about thereal-life benefits of detoxing
(12:07):
from social media, and one ofthem is having a lot more time
than you usually do.
So think of all of the thingsthat you want to do that you
wish you could do if you hadmore time, and a lot of that is
replaced by us spending moretime on social media.
So, once you step back and youspend less time doom scrolling
(12:32):
and looking online at whateverybody else is doing.
You will have more time forthings like journaling, things
like calling your friends.
Maybe it took a time to catchup with someone that you haven't
spoken to in a while and thenjust telling each other stories,
instead of waiting until theypost something online.
Maybe now they have to actuallyphysically or vocally, tell you
(12:55):
what they've been up to,because in reality, we spend so
much time just waiting for otherpeople to announce what they're
going through or what they'redoing that it almost leaves us
nothing to talk about whenyou're actually in conversations
with someone.
So it's always best to, ifyou're going through this detox,
take some time, pick up thephone not texting, because to me
(13:18):
, texting you could do that onsocial media too.
So pick up the phone, talk tosomeone, hear someone's voice.
I don't know how often you dothat, but it's amazing.
Like you know, facetime someone, video chat with someone, leave
them voice notes.
You know these are things thatwill make you feel a lot more
connected to other people.
As a result of you just notfocusing so much on the visuals
(13:43):
and what you see, I had moretime to try things I always said
I didn't have time for, and itturns out that I did.
So.
I was just too busy watchingpeople decorate their cakes or
dancing, making jokes, whateverthe case, right?
So that's something that Irealized that was super
(14:04):
important for me understandingthat we are so attached to our
phones and social media that wedon't realize how much of a
connection we're losing withothers, that we solely depend on
just the presentation of it all, right.
And when you start to detachfrom social media itself, you
(14:25):
start to really see people ashuman.
And I know it sounds weird, butit's true, right, it almost
feels like when you're lookingat people through that lens on
the phone, they almost don'tseem real.
But the moment that you startactually talking to people and
having conversations, you startto feel a little bit more human,
(14:46):
a little bit more empathetic,more sympathetic even to the
needs and wants of others, sothat it's not always about how
you feel about the presentation,it's also about how they feel
about themselves, right, andbeing there and showing up for
people who you care about.
So we, in essence, don't needmore apps, we need more presence
(15:12):
, and when we stop being soavailable to everyone, online
24-7,.
We become more available toourselves and to others, because
there's more to life thansocial media.
So if you're thinking abouttaking a break from social media
, just do it.
(15:33):
It'll be awkward at first, Ipromise, but it's like showing
up to a party with no makeup onright.
It's going to feel weird atfirst, but after a while you're
going to forget that you don'thave any makeup, that maybe you
didn't bring a tie or whatever.
It is right.
You're going to stop beingself-conscious about it and
(15:55):
you're going to just roll withit.
But I promise you that if youstay with it, on the other side
there's going to be a lot moreclarity, a lot more confidence
and a quieter kind of joy thatjust doesn't need to be posted.
You are going to feel soprivileged to have things that
(16:16):
belong to you and don't need tobe posted, and that's okay.
So here's your reminder Loggingoff doesn't mean that you're
missing out.
You actually have more time todo the things that you want to
do, and it means that you'refinally tuning in to what you
want, to what you wish you coulddo.
You have more time for thethings that you care about and,
(16:39):
by the way, I kind of want togive you some challenges.
So in the next challenge, Iknow how difficult it is to
stick to a routine, andsometimes you don't need
routines, right?
Some people just go withwhatever happens, right?
It's okay to be spontaneous,but the benefits of having a
routine is knowing that you havesomething to look forward to.
(17:00):
So that's the challenge thatwe're going to do for next week
waking up at the same time everyday, and so, whatever that
means to you, if you always wakeup at nine or eight, try to
wake up a little earlier, doingsomething like 6am.
If you wake up at 6am all thetime, then you're already ahead
of the rest of us.
But if not, if you're havingtroubles, stick into a routine.
(17:25):
Try to just wake up at the sametime every day.
And if you work at night,whatever that time means to you,
just try it out, try to keep upthat consistency and then see
how it goes, and I'm going toshare my experience as well next
week.
So make sure you tune in, staypresent, stay grounded and maybe
(17:46):
and maybe put your phone downfor one minute.
So you just might like what youfind.
You just might be pleasantlysurprised.
Thank you for listening to TheMain Allure podcast.
Don't forget to like, share andsubscribe, and until next time,
bye.
All right guys, have you ever picked up your phone to
check the time?
Or maybe one of your friendssent you a video on social media
and then, 45 minutes later,you're still there.
You're checking all of theseother videos that keep popping
up.
That's something I think we allhave experienced what happens
(00:23):
when the doom scrolling stopsand why it's both harder and
better than you think.
Welcome back to the MaineAllure podcast.
My name is Laura and todaywe're going to be diving into
something we all think aboutdoing but most of us never
really actually commit tobecause it's so difficult and
(00:46):
that is disconnecting fromsocial media.
We're going to talk about allthe weird challenges, how
difficult it is to emotionallydetox from that experience and
the surprising benefits thatkick in after you go through
that really bad hump ofdiscomfort.
And, yes, I'll be sharing someof the embarrassing moments when
(01:09):
I try to go offline officiallyand still somehow manage to open
up my Instagram because, hey,it's just muscle memory, so
let's get into it.
Okay, I think we have to getreal here and understand and
realize that logging off soundsgreat in theory.
(01:30):
It is an absolutely somethingthat we all wish we could just
do at a whim, until you actuallytry to do it.
You know, suddenly you feellike almost like a modern day
caveman who just lost her magicmirror, and it's kind of like
that time you remember if youwere around in the 90s when you
go from 1999 to the Y2K era andyou feel like everybody has left
(01:54):
you behind.
But the truth is that you knowit's a little bit of an
exaggeration, it's not as bad,but it's still so difficult to
go through In the beginning isbad, but it's still so difficult
to go through In the beginning.
You start checking your fridge,like it's Twitter or you know
Threads or Instagram, whatever,and you start opening your
laundry.
You just, you know looking outthe window every time, because
(02:15):
you're just so used to doingsomething with your hands, or
even if it's just scrollingthrough your phone.
You pick up your phone andstare at the home screen like
it's going to perform somethingfor you, like it's just waiting
for you to tell it Come, tell mesomething great, tell me
something wonderful.
And so you actually get FOMO,which is the fear of missing out
(02:36):
, because you don't know whatyour cousin's doing with their
dog.
You know, maybe your friendwent on a date and you're
waiting to see pictures orvideos or something that they're
posting, just to see whatthey're up to and how it went.
Of course, you can always justpick up the phone and call them,
right?
But it's just so much easier tojust look through their social
(02:57):
media and see what they're up to.
But the hard truth is that youdon't realize just how addicting
it is until you are trying tostop full stop.
That's not really your fault.
These apps are literally madeand designed to pretty much make
you want to become an addict,right?
(03:17):
That whole dopamine.
It just becomes like anaddiction where you just want to
constantly be fed theseexperiences because it does make
you feel good, and sometimes,as a result, you get anxiety
when you don't even know what'sgoing on, right?
So just remember that it's allby design and with a little bit
(03:39):
of time and a little bit ofpatience, we can get through it
and you can get through detoxingfrom social media.
All of you who are listening,did it take some time to take
those 48 hours to detox fromsocial media?
And if you didn't, that's okay.
You still have time.
You can do that at any time,right?
(04:00):
The point is to go through thatexperience and get to see what
it feels like.
So that whole detoxing period.
I'm going to be very honest.
It is extremely difficult,especially if you've never done
it or if your life is prettymuch on social media, which is
understandable but not to beconfused with the internet,
(04:23):
because we obviously all needthe internet to survive at this
point.
We have to most of us work withcomputers and things like that,
so let's make sure that wedifferentiate the internet with
social media.
When you think about socialmedia, here's what no one tells
you those first few daysabsolutely suck.
(04:45):
It's like you know, you almostfeel like a crackhead.
You know what I'm saying.
You know you feel bored, leftout, you're restless, you start
tapping your feet, you feel likeyou've just been dumped by your
toxic but fun ex right Like theone that's just all over the
place, but somehow you just keepgoing back to that's that
(05:07):
feeling.
I mean, how many times have youdecided, maybe, if you have
tried to detox and you decide todelete an app from your phone
and then somehow you end upGoogling things and then you end
up seeing a link of that socialmedia platform on your search.
You know you're like, well, I'mtechnically not on my phone
(05:29):
right, like I deleted the appSomehow.
This is just a search online onmy laptop.
Big difference I'm not loggedin, so you end up justifying
that whole process.
But you're still doing that,right.
You're still looking throughsocial media and the truth is
that the silence that you gothrough while you're detoxing is
(05:49):
so uncomfortable because you'reso used to that noise, you're
so used to scrolling and seeingthe videos and people dancing
and people talking and makingjokes.
And even now, when there's likeso much going on in the world,
you want to stay connected andfeel like you know what's going
on.
Right.
But the discomfort doesn't meanthat it's wrong.
(06:09):
It just means that you'regrowing.
So, whenever you feel like youhave to disconnect and remove
yourself, right, because even inthese current times, you almost
feel like you have to removeyourself and disconnect in order
to feel sane Again.
It just means that you'regrowing, that you're going
through a phase where you needto process what you're feeling
(06:34):
and what you're experiencing,instead of just allowing the
internet or social media ratherto translate that for you or to
tell you what you're supposed tofeel.
So what happens after you startthat whole detox process and we
already spoke about what happensin the beginning, right, like
(06:54):
you start feeling anxious andyou feel like you're losing it.
But something happens after afew days, right, and obviously
our challenge was just 48 hours,so it was really just going
through the motions.
But if you were able to extendthat time, I've done it for
months, months at a time.
(07:15):
I think one time I did it for ayear, which was actually pretty
calming.
And that's what happens to youand that's what will happen to
you if you decide to extend thattime, that whole idea.
You know, after a few days yourbrain just stops yearning and
itching for that dopamine.
Your body feels calmer, youstart to sleep better because
(07:39):
you're not anticipating doingthis.
Right before you go to bed, youactually learn to hear your own
thoughts again and the wholething is you even start reading
books.
Maybe you want to write a book,anything that you feel you
haven't been able to do.
You're thinking about thosethings.
Now.
There could be a point whereyou go outside in the yard
you're like, hmm, the grasslooks a little too high.
(08:00):
Let me go ahead and mow thelawn, because I actually didn't
realize it was growing this much, because I've been just so busy
going through social media anddoom scrolling and keeping my
brain busy doing other things.
You stop comparing yourself toeveryone's reels or TikToks or
whatever, and you do actuallystart to reconnect with what you
(08:23):
actually care about, and notnecessarily what's trending.
You start paying attention toyour surroundings, what is
important to you, and you givethat more focus, which, in
return, right, you start feelingso much better because it's
something that you can touch andfeel.
It's something that's tangible.
You're not necessarily lookingoutward into what the rest of
(08:47):
the universe is doing.
You're focusing on those littlethings that matter.
Maybe you can spend more timewith family, maybe you can go
out and go for a walk, get tomeet your neighbors, right.
So pay attention to that andthose are some of the great
benefits that come with detoxingis realizing that there's more
(09:10):
to life right Than just theinternet, than just social media
.
You go from well, what willpeople think if I don't post
something To?
Well, who cares?
I actually like this moment forme.
You start to realize that noteverything needs to be posted
online, that some things couldbe kept for you, and when you do
(09:30):
that, it almost feels like atreasure trove that you keep for
yourself, because unless thepeople around you are there
every day to experience thosethings with you, then you know,
does it matter that they see itor not?
Absolutely not.
And suddenly, when you do this,your worth is no longer
(09:51):
measured by your followers, byyour likes, by the reactions of
other people.
You're doing it because yougenuinely and authentically want
to do them and because that'swhat really matters to you.
Now you may be wondering whathappened during my 48 hour detox
and of course, I already spokeabout all of the things like
(10:14):
going through the motions offeeling the pressure of not
opening different accounts, butI didn't.
Oh, my God, I'm laughingbecause I have to be honest, I
did try, but I have to be honest, I did try, but I did end up
(10:39):
just ruining it because it endedup being a reflex of just
seeing the app and you justnaturally open it right.
So I ended up opening Instagramby mistake and then, of course,
I lasted like maybe 10 minutesbecause something caught my eye,
caught my attention, and Iended up sticking with it for 10
minutes.
But I realized it.
Now you gotta give it up to me,because I did realize I had
(11:00):
made a mistake and ended upclosing it really quickly and
continuing with my journey, butit was extremely hard to just
get rid of that reflex ofopening social media, and I'm
sure it was just as difficultfor you.
So again, I encourage you to doit.
It's going to feel amazing onceyou're done.
(11:22):
So if you can stick with it forlonger than 48 hours, maybe a
week, you can do that.
You can try a day, maybe twodays, three a week a month,
until you figure out like, hey,you know what?
I could actually last a lotlonger than I thought, which
will be a great challenge and agreat feat for you, because we
(11:45):
all know how difficult it is,especially now that it's getting
warm outside here in the States.
So just think about it and tryto challenge yourself.
That's one way for you tochallenge yourself and see just
what you can do.
All right, let's talk about thereal-life benefits of detoxing
(12:07):
from social media, and one ofthem is having a lot more time
than you usually do.
So think of all of the thingsthat you want to do that you
wish you could do if you hadmore time, and a lot of that is
replaced by us spending moretime on social media.
So, once you step back and youspend less time doom scrolling
(12:32):
and looking online at whateverybody else is doing.
You will have more time forthings like journaling, things
like calling your friends.
Maybe it took a time to catchup with someone that you haven't
spoken to in a while and thenjust telling each other stories,
instead of waiting until theypost something online.
Maybe now they have to actuallyphysically or vocally, tell you
(12:55):
what they've been up to,because in reality, we spend so
much time just waiting for otherpeople to announce what they're
going through or what they'redoing that it almost leaves us
nothing to talk about whenyou're actually in conversations
with someone.
So it's always best to, ifyou're going through this detox,
take some time, pick up thephone not texting, because to me
(13:18):
, texting you could do that onsocial media too.
So pick up the phone, talk tosomeone, hear someone's voice.
I don't know how often you dothat, but it's amazing.
Like you know, facetime someone, video chat with someone, leave
them voice notes.
You know these are things thatwill make you feel a lot more
connected to other people.
As a result of you just notfocusing so much on the visuals
(13:43):
and what you see, I had moretime to try things I always said
I didn't have time for, and itturns out that I did.
So.
I was just too busy watchingpeople decorate their cakes or
dancing, making jokes, whateverthe case, right?
So that's something that Irealized that was super
(14:04):
important for me understandingthat we are so attached to our
phones and social media that wedon't realize how much of a
connection we're losing withothers, that we solely depend on
just the presentation of it all, right.
And when you start to detachfrom social media itself, you
(14:25):
start to really see people ashuman.
And I know it sounds weird, butit's true, right, it almost
feels like when you're lookingat people through that lens on
the phone, they almost don'tseem real.
But the moment that you startactually talking to people and
having conversations, you startto feel a little bit more human,
(14:46):
a little bit more empathetic,more sympathetic even to the
needs and wants of others, sothat it's not always about how
you feel about the presentation,it's also about how they feel
about themselves, right, andbeing there and showing up for
people who you care about.
So we, in essence, don't needmore apps, we need more presence
(15:12):
, and when we stop being soavailable to everyone, online
24-7,.
We become more available toourselves and to others, because
there's more to life thansocial media.
So if you're thinking abouttaking a break from social media
, just do it.
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It'll be awkward at first, Ipromise, but it's like showing
up to a party with no makeup onright.
It's going to feel weird atfirst, but after a while you're
going to forget that you don'thave any makeup, that maybe you
didn't bring a tie or whatever.
It is right.
You're going to stop beingself-conscious about it and
(15:55):
you're going to just roll withit.
But I promise you that if youstay with it, on the other side
there's going to be a lot moreclarity, a lot more confidence
and a quieter kind of joy thatjust doesn't need to be posted.
You are going to feel soprivileged to have things that
(16:16):
belong to you and don't need tobe posted, and that's okay.
So here's your reminder Loggingoff doesn't mean that you're
missing out.
You actually have more time todo the things that you want to
do, and it means that you'refinally tuning in to what you
want, to what you wish you coulddo.
You have more time for thethings that you care about and,
(16:39):
by the way, I kind of want togive you some challenges.
So in the next challenge, Iknow how difficult it is to
stick to a routine, andsometimes you don't need
routines, right?
Some people just go withwhatever happens, right?
It's okay to be spontaneous,but the benefits of having a
routine is knowing that you havesomething to look forward to.
(17:00):
So that's the challenge thatwe're going to do for next week
waking up at the same time everyday, and so, whatever that
means to you, if you always wakeup at nine or eight, try to
wake up a little earlier, doingsomething like 6am.
If you wake up at 6am all thetime, then you're already ahead
of the rest of us.
But if not, if you're havingtroubles, stick into a routine.
(17:25):
Try to just wake up at the sametime every day.
And if you work at night,whatever that time means to you,
just try it out, try to keep upthat consistency and then see
how it goes, and I'm going toshare my experience as well next
week.
So make sure you tune in, staypresent, stay grounded and maybe
(17:46):
and maybe put your phone downfor one minute.
So you just might like what youfind.
You just might be pleasantlysurprised.
Thank you for listening to TheMain Allure podcast.
Don't forget to like, share andsubscribe, and until next time,
bye.
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