10 Things That Happened When I Deleted Instagram

Gitana Deneff
12 min readOct 7, 2019

Hey hey. Hope you all had an amazing weekend. I just went for a large grocery haul and am finally sitting down to write. As you know, I’ve been out of the Instagram haze for about a month now. When I decided to stop, deleted my account, and got it out of my sight, I started to notice a lot of changes.

Not only did I notice this change within myself (for the better obvi), but I noticed a lot about other people, now that I’m not the one reaching for my phone whenever food arrives at the table.

So if you’re thinking about deactivating your IG because it’s preventing you from functioning as your best self (def my situation), then keep reading as I explain the 10 things that happened when I deleted my Instagram and became “woke” to the world outside of it.

1. I realized how serious my addiction really is.

The first thing you’ll notice is that you have a lot more time on your hands (or at least it feels that way). I had so much time on my hands that I was almost frightened by it. How was I going to fill up this time? What was I missing on Instagram?

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