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Deleting Your Apps Isn’t a Solution
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I’ve heard it. You’ve heard it. Maybe you’ve even said it.
“I’m deleting Instagram.”
For a moment, it’s empowering. It’s like ScreenTime, but instead of Apple controlling you, you’re controlling you. Except, you’re not. This isn’t control. You’re not better for this.
Almost every single person I know who has deleted an application has returned to the same thing a few months later. We inevitably crawl back to the things we vow we won’t use anymore, proclaiming them as a waste of time.
What never falls into the decision-tree is the concept of management.
- What is it about the application you dislike?
- What are you gaining from deleting it?
- What is changing between you deleting it from you simply never clicking on it?
Applications doused in the social media landscape are vanity pixels validating the existence of our presence through heart emojis.
This is true no matter how anybody looks at it. However, the answer to a thing that turns ugly is not to forgo self-discipline. Understanding the value in life or reclaiming your very own value doesn’t need to stem from your ability to get an app off your home screen.
