quit social media

I deleted my accounts last March. The quiet was immediate—no more random notifications, no algorithmic feeds. By June, I realized I hadn't spoken to my former manager, the one who gave me my first real break, in…

Not literally. No one disappears. What happens is quieter than that. You stop seeing the small updates that keep relationships warm. The life events that would have surfaced casually—moves, breakups, job changes—no longer reach you. Months pass without…