Social Media Detox

I recently realized that I have developed a social media addiction. It's like a drug every time you get some kind of interaction or validation, for example a like on a comment, and there is a never-ending stream of distractions that can eat up so much time that could be better spent on the people closest to you, or improving yourself or your situation. So I made a difficult choice and about a week ago I deleted Instagram and TikTok from my phone. I'm not sure at what point I will ever go back to those platforms, but the compulsion to check them is already fading. If I do return at some point, I'm going to greatly reduce the list of who I follow, but at this point it is just easier to go cold turkey on all of it.