Why I’m Quitting Social Media to Spend More Time on Medium

By a social media manager

Social media can be a wonderful, inspiring, uplifting place to scroll away hours of your life.

It can fill you with motivation, help you feel connected and empower you to go after your dreams.

Equally, it can be a place that sucks the life out of you.

Spending hours looking at the ‘perfect’ lives of the ‘perfect’ people with their ‘perfect’ businesses and feeling like a failure for not being as far ahead as they are.

Reading post after post after post from coaches who play on your fears, convince you you need them to fix you and make you feel ashamed if you can’t afford to invest £5k in the programme or refuse to put the course on your credit card.

I’ve been a social media manager since 2017 and having spent a hell of a lot of time on social media I feel like I’ve finally hit breaking point.

I’ve had enough.

I’m sick of seeing the same posts, from the same people, about the same topics.

And yes, whilst I can unfollow and mute — which I regularly do — I’ve kinda lost my mojo with it. The sheer exhaustion of running accounts for others and then trying (and failing) to keep up with my own is enough to make me want to quit forever.

Though I won’t. Because I know how powerful it can be for my business.

What I’ve decided to do instead is take a break from socials and instead use the time I’d scroll aimlessly to read on Medium.

Every time I open the app, I learn something. Or I’m inspired. Or I feel less alone.

Not all articles are of equal value and some aren’t my cup of tea but it’s a refreshing place to be in comparison to social media.

Since I became a paid member, I’m using the app multiple times per day. I read my recommended reads, I check the posts of the people I follow and I actively search for content that’ll help me in my business.

Now, when I’m standing in the queue at Tesco or I’m sat on the tube, I open up Medium with intention. Not like social media when I’d open up through boredom.

Every day I’m discovering new writers, I’m finding inspiration in the articles I read and I feel less like I need to seek validation from others as a writer myself.

By simply making the switch from spending time on socials to spending time on Medium, my creativity is returning. Ideas pop up from nowhere, new streams of income are coming together and I’ve realised the tiny little coaching bubble I was in on socials isn’t the entire world.

I don’t have to do all the things I’ve been told to do over the past 3 years.

I also find I’m comparing myself and my business much less than I used to. I’m starting to feel more content on a daily basis and I’m enjoying the content I’m consuming again.

Medium is paving the way for me to create the life I want to have both as a consumer of the content and as a writer, sharing my thoughts about topics ranging from love, travel, heartbreak and business.

If you’re finding social media overwhelming and you’re sick of reading the same types of posts, you too can join Medium for just $5 per month. Simply sign up via my link below:

Rebecca Hawkes is a Confidence & Life Coach, writer and host of The Confidence Show Podcast. Join her free newsletter here.