Pulling the Plug: My Evolving Relationship with Social Media

On 8 November 2015, at 23:59, I went dark. I pulled the plug on social media — Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogger. Then I went beyond that. I limited my use of e-mail, kept the TV off during the day (until my partner came home from work and turned it on), sent very few text messages, and when I wasn’t working at my day job, kept my cell phone on “Do Not Disturb” mode.
I went dark, off the grid. A much-needed timeout from social media because I felt overwhelmed. As I worked on the rewrite of...