Take a break from Instagram, whenever you can.
I took five months off of a medium that became emotionally toxic in 2020. I think leaning into learning how to be more empathetic to things that hurt others, unlearning biases, and spending time in real conversations with the people in your life is important. It was something that I had to do offline without people telling me how I should feel.
I didn’t log off and shut down, I just logged off and took inventory of my life. The best things about social media — sharing your life with people you love, sharing places you love, sharing things that you love to do — brought me back when I decided to change how my life looks by moving out to a state park a little bit further from home.
