six months ago i deleted social media as a little social experiment for my youtube channel and i didn't realize how much and how little it was actually going to impact my life as someone who grew up online it's been crazy learning how to get off of my phone and live more presently with my friends family and even the city i live in as youtube has been following me throughout this whole process i felt as though it was only fair to share my closing thoughts with you all that's right this is the last video where i'm going to talk about social media i hope but before we get started i want to say a huge thank you to short form for sponsoring this video to all my fellow book lovers out there this is going to be a godsend for you short form is a platform with insightful and detailed book summaries and articles i tend to read books really quickly and as anyone would i forget a lot of information over time and so i've personally been using short form as a way to revisit old books remind myself of the knowledge and even learn things that i missed when i first read the book so if you're anything like me and you're a little bit lazy when it comes to book notes short form has your back i think you guys would really enjoy the topics education self-improvement and philosophy my personal favorite every week short film publishes new book guides and articles and subscribers actually have a say in what book they cover next which i think is incredible so tell my fellow book lovers out there go ahead and join short form through my special link to get a free NUMBER_TOKEN day trial at short form dot com slash lucy that's short form dot com slash lucy or you can just click the link in the description so get learning everyone and thanks again short form for sponsoring this video i feel like i want to start this video talking a little bit about my journey throughout the whole six months i actually deleted social media for a few reasons firstly as a youtube experiment because i was into self-help videos at that point and i thought it'd be something fun to try secondly because in general it was something i'd always wanted to try as someone who grew up online my whole life i felt like i'd never really experienced a world without it or at least not one where my brain was old enough to remember it thirdly because with the continuous lockdowns and spending most of my days in a bedroom scrolling continuously and not getting up to much productive things i felt as though i was really wasting my time and it was starting to get the better of me a little bit and i could definitely see my mental health going down a slippery slope i have this one image um when i think about why i wanted to delete social media in the first place and i was staying in bordeaux with my boyfriend and i spent the full day in bed didn't get out and i just watched tick tock videos i think for around eight hours and i thought to myself this is not healthy this is not an app that you are capable of using and i'm not saying that no one in the world should use tick tock but it was definitely not an app that benefited me in any way in fact it was deteriorating my health to such a scale that when i stopped and realized what i was doing i thought okay this
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN short form for sponsoring this video to all my fellow book lovers out there this is going to be a godsend for you short form is a platform with insightful and detailed book summaries and articles i tend to read books really quickly and as anyone would i forget a lot of information over time and so i've personally been using short form as a way to revisit old books remind myself of the knowledge and even learn things that i missed when i first read the book so if you're anything like me and you're a little bit lazy when it comes to book notes short form has your back i think you guys would really enjoy the topics education self-improvement and philosophy my personal favorite every week short film publishes new book guides and articles and subscribers actually have a say in what book they cover next which i think is incredible so tell my fellow book lovers out there go ahead and join short form through my special link to get a free NUMBER_TOKEN day trial at short form dot com slash lucy that's short form dot com slash lucy or you can just click the link in the description so get learning everyone and thanks again short form for sponsoring this END_SPONSOR_TOKEN