Delete Instagram

14 days since the New Year.

I hope you are sticking to your plans (if you had one).

If you saw my Instagram Story 2 weeks ago, you’ll know that I’ve got off from Instagram and I don’t have any plans to get back on it for 6 months at least. (Might change or might not)

I asked myself as to why I wanna do this.

A couple of thoughts came to my head:

⏳ It genuinely didn’t add any value to the time I was investing in it.

😵‍💫 It made me an addict to reels, mindless content, funny clips, impractical quotes and completely useless celebrity/movie gossips and news about entertainment.

✏️ I wasn’t ‘Creating’ which was the whole point of me starting an Art Page in the first place.

😪 Instead it made me look at other creations only to take inspiration but never to act on it.

🤔 I wanted to see what my mind does and what it will focus on for building an audience if it weren’t for Instagram.

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It did have positive things too,

📸 I was able to post my drawings, things I found interesting and talk to people.

That’s it. Yes!

It didn’t have a great ROI (Return on Investment)

So I got off of it.

I’m not completely off socials as I plan on posting on YouTube and share my projects and WIP’s over here. These are the 2 things I plan on focusing.

So that’s the end of that.

I have a good feeling with YouTube too. I’ve become a bit better at talking in front of a camera and I’m actually liking doing it.

So, fingers crossed 🤞🏻

Here’s the last video I did 🫣

With that said, have an amazing weekend.

Best,

Kapil.