Why I’m Unfollowing Everyone on Instagram

Welcome to a shorter and spontaneous podcast episode on something I finally decided and started doing the other day – unfollowing everyone on Instagram. It’s been on my mind many times, I knew the benefits, I knew why, and that it would make my life and business easier. And yet, I didn’t get to it until now. So here we go. 10 reasons why I’m unfollowing everyone. Transcript Unfollowing everyone is quite a controversial topic but I wanted to share my reasons why. If this resonates with you and if it’s something that you’ve been feeling too, then you might consider doing the same. If not, that’s totally fine. The same applies to any social platform, not just Instagram. It’s just where I’ve been spending time in the last years and sharing my content, so that’s where I had to make changes too.  Here are the reasons: 1. Less is more. I’m all about simplifying every aspect of my life and business. Following people wasn’t contributing to my life in any way. We gotta be careful with the content we consume online. 2. More mindful social media use. I already had mindfulness practices in place when it comes to social media such as:  * opening the app with intention * creating more than consuming * only posting when I have something valuable to say * not mindlessly scrolling * not spending too much time there * not doing it first thing in the morning or in bed And more. And yet, there were still moments when I ended up checking out content that led to negative feelings, comparing myself to others and taking business decisions from that place. I was feeling the need to post more because others were posting, yet I didn’t feel like it. Unfollowing people solves most of that and is a great way to optimize my daily life. Read also: Social Media is Draining Me. Here’s What I’m Focusing on Instead 3. The comparison trap. No matter how much we heal, how conscious we are and how successful we are, we still end up comparing ourselves to others on IG.  Even the best of the best do it. My mentors in business share openly that they too struggle with this sometimes. There are many people on the app who are really good at making their life look ideal, their business look successful and making money look easy. And they are good at making us feel like we are doing something wrong, that their way is the right way. We end up feeling lack. That can only repel anything you desire. Unfollowing everyone helps with this. 4. I can finally stop explaining myself. If you know me in real life, you might know I often mention I don’t mix personal life with business,