I believe the biggest thing holding me back are distractions, more specifically media consumption. Media consumption and screen time is something that I believe is holding back most of society. I realized this during quarantine when I would rot away in front of my playstation or scrolling through social media. People are addicted to technology and are not even aware of it. I think it is so important to keep your media consumption down because there are so many more productive ways to spend your time. I get that some relaxation is needed every now and then but spending several hours on social media each can not be good for you. I have lots of goals in life and television, video games, and social media are in the way of those. The average American spends over 2 hours a day on just social media. Could you imagine how different of a society we would have and how skilled everyone would be if people spent the time they spent on social media improving themselves and their skills. Personally I have deleted all social media apps as an attempt to maximize my productivity. I think this is the first big step I have made other than stopping playing video games. I will not lie in that I occasionally redownload the apps but I have definitely been using social media less. I monitor my screen time on my phone daily and try to keep it at its lowest. It really was not difficult to stop playing video games as I just did not bring my playstation up with me to school. However, it has been a little harder to stay away from social media, especially on long car rides and plane rides.. It makes me upset when I see a large number of hours at the end of the day. I think to myself I could have just gotten better at drawing or I could have practiced guitar or exercised or done something that was productive with that time. I believe wasted potential is such a horrible thing and it is something that frightens me and makes me want to work as hard as I can. The thought of what if I could have been better or done more or been better at this or that scares me. I want to maximize my life and get everything out of it that I can and I do not think media consumption and social media is helping with that goal. I wish I had come to this realization earlier but I am happy I made it now. To think about an extra hour or two of practice towards a skill a day will allow me to achieve in the future excites me.
