have you guys ever tried to take a break from social media before?

@cyd03

2 ай бұрын

Might try it

@Ricoforransom

2 ай бұрын

Recently i deleted Instagram and i barely have any reason to go back anymore. More people in our generation need to realize what you've said in this video and it deserves way more attention. Thank you for sharing your experience w quitting social media!

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

@@Ricoforransom thank you so much for the kinds words. glad you enjoyed the video!

@GreatTigerGaming

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree im gonna try sometime in the next few weeks

@rosevela2316

2 ай бұрын

I did for a while and it felt so good! I really want to do it again, but I’ve been struggling to have the discipline to commit to it. Hopefully I manage to take a break again soon!

My problem is that i use instagram to message my friends, then somehow, before i realize, im doom scrolling reels.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i been there, i fixed that by setting a 10 min timer on my phone, then looking at whatever i need to look at to respond to people. after the timer goes off i close the apps and then wont open them again for a few hours

It has "100 days" in the title, but its a Minecraft KZreadr talking about their life. He has done it. He has reached peak youtube algorithm.

You sound like a real, genuine, down to earth human. So many things in this video are relatable and give me aspects of motivation. A one-to-one conversation with you sounds irreplaceable❤

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

so glad you enjoyed it, ur kind words really make me wanna grind some more videos out, thanks so much!

Dude, I legit almost got emotional when you started to describe how it felt to become immersed in a book. I was an avid reader in elementary/middle school, and often mourn how smart and hopeful reading made me feel. A few months ago I did start to visit my local library, ended up reading a few full-length books. The mental journeys I went on were so awesome once I finally got my brain to let go of the need to scroll. It’s deadass magical, and way better for you than any drug. (And books can’t give you a panic attack)

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

id love to read more books this year too, its a huge goal of mine actually

@kikivoorburg

2 ай бұрын

I’d hazard to guess certain books could definitely give someone a panic attack, but they’re absolutely much easier to just put away and ignore than online content so they’re definitely better! Edit: I used “definitely” thrice, I guess I must be tired lol. Replaced one with “absolutely” now

why does this vid only have 300 views i enjoyed and learned much from this video

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

thank you so much that means the world to me

Also, I did actually do a semi-version of this recently; I took a 2-week break from my main Instagram account. Which sounds irrelevant, but all I used it for during that time was to message some family members once in awhile. Since I didn’t yet have tiktok at that point, my screen time dropped DRASTICALLY. I was at around 7-9 hours a day- pretty damn bad, and it went down to about 3-4. I felt less pressure to post, less stress about my content doing good numbers (I’m an artist), and I started to find better ways to funnel my boredom into, like working on my various ongoing creative projects. It wasn’t cold turkey, but the break really did help.

This vid woke me up. Realized how much time I spend on practically destroying my sleep schedule and mental damage I receive from doom scrolling. Thank you so much.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

thanks for watching :D

I’m a 14 year old, and I feel like I too needed to hear this. Thank you so much for sharing.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

im really glad you enjoyed the video!

That was a really interesting video bro, i actually thought abt quitting social media but never really did bc i was to scared but listening to your experience kinda opened my eyes and now i really wanna try this, so thanks a lot 🙏

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

go for it, just set a time frame and try your best to commit to it, and if u feel like u enjoyed life more with social media then just go back to it :D

I quit social media in November and it's been a fascinating experience. I still use Discord to keep in touch with my friends, and KZread quite a bit, but besides those two, I quit all but cold turkey - I only open Twitter or TikTok when someone sends me a link directly and I never scroll. The hardest part to clear is the sheer boredom of the amount of unused time you suddenly have. But once you get used to that, and start to settle back into a routine that doesn't include scrolling endlessly through a mindless sludge of internet nonsense, it feels very freeing. I'm not a slave to my phone like I used to be, and I don't think I could ever bring myself to go back.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

im so happy to hear that, i feel the exact same way. having so much more time for the real world is just so freeing haha

It's already been 2 months since I stopped using tiktok, I feel with a lot more time but I think I could do better. Now I'm quitting instagram. This video showed me that I'm not alone in this journey, thanks.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

you got this i believe in you!

i tried it but normally i use like 40 min a day on my phone but the hardest thing was missing out on your friends

Wow your comment section exploded on this one. Hopefully I'm not too late to the party :) I'm tackling this topic for a long time now because it's something I really wanna change. I got to a point now where I only install insta like once per week, mainly to check new announcements of musicians like new releases or concerts. Insta, in my social bubble, really died out tbh, no one is posting pictures anymore and I muted stories of 90% of the people a long time ago. This is truly the biggest time waste imo. The only stuff people post are food they're eating and places they're been. It's hilarious. I'm 26 and never even downloaded TikTok before. And this has to be one of my best decisions in life. And I'm not even joking. Your example was perfect: There is just so much useless content floating around and your filling up your brain with so much junk which makes everything else harded to do and less fun. Like reading a book and going for a walk. And you don't even remember anything an hour later. It's so embrassing. But don't be mistaken. If you're not careful you just change one platform for another and continue the brain rot addiction. Which happened to me. Now I'm a bit stuck on YT shorts which is sometimes even worse because there is just so much more trash and the algorithm is just wild. So I'm fighting on this front now. Did you change something after the 100 days or did you fall back into the social media hole? Any rules for yourself for the future? :) Man I could go on and on about this topic. Sorry for the long comment

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i love reading long comments its really no worries, i changed a lot after this experiment actually. i still find myself scrolling before bed sometimes but if i lay down in bed at 11pm its not long until im ready to fall asleep at like 11:30pm haha, i dont feel like i need to use the phone in the morning anymore and i just get up and start my day, so the more stuff i have to worry about like work or food it feels like i dont have time for scrolling much anymore now that im worried about other things. social media is not the best thing for us, but i really see no problem with using it as long as it doesnt control you

i did it and it was awful, my family died, my stove's gas canister exploded and burned my house down, i went to jail for man's laughter, dream groomed my hair (he made me bald), never doing it again bro

i have never used social media, and i never will i've seen what it does to people, to my family, to my friends, to people i haven't even spoken to

For whatever strange reason, I lack the urge to go on most social media platforms, so I sort of live this daily. I think it’s because I’m a textbook introvert - I have very few friends or acquaintances yet don’t feel lonely at all (I often feel closer to oversaturated with people). This removes the major reason most people check social media: to be social. I also don’t have a TV or watch stuff like Netflix, so the only real source of media / entertainment I use is KZread. What I notice differs in my life to most people is indeed this concept of FOMO and constantly being engaged with other people’s business. I tend to have no idea about new memes or even news unless it’s so big that I hear of it indirectly. Turns out though, everything directly important to your life will get to you eventually. You’re only missing out on the stuff that doesn’t really matter. I’m certainly not “free”, however. Your point about suddenly finding yourself doing other stuff on your phone is very relatable to me. Even without social media other than YT, I’m still clearly addicted / attached to my phone. A lot of this is ok, in my opinion, because I watch a lot of educational content (maths, history, whatever) so I feel like I’m learning a lot. Even still, I think about 50-75% of my time on YT is a waste, and my screen time is also at 6+ hrs a day. My sleep schedule is also a wreck, but that’s been an issue since I was a child so I can’t say how much of it is due to phone use. Going for walks is absolutely wonderful for your mental health! I’ve been trying to do it more recently and it’s always pleasant. I’d also suggest exercise in general, it’s literally hardwired to release dopamine. I have always hated sports and exercise, but doing even the most lightweight stuff still makes me feel better. Also “lightweight” really does mean lightweight - I can’t even do proper push-ups lol. I’m in good health but my strength sucks because I’m so sedentary. Based on what you said here, I might try to ditch my phone for a while. That feels similarly “difficult” as you described your process being, so it seems like a comparable challenge. I hope it will let me figure out to what extent I was actually learning from my YT videos, and to what extent it’s just procrastination. Perhaps this is a bit long and ramble-y, but whatever I’ll leave it as is. I’m glad the experience was pleasant, and you’ve certainly inspired me / piqued my interest into my own digital hygiene. Have a nice day!! Edit: oh also a tip for people trying to avoid YT shorts - on the PC website version (not mobile app) you can click “not interested for 30 days” on the shorts bar. Doing this _also hides shorts in recommended on your mobile app if you use the same account!!_ It’s really annoying to redo it every 30 days, but it’s better than nothing. You still see shorts in your subscription feed, but that’s usually fine imo bc it’s a limited amount and usually stuff I actually want to see.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

my sleep schedule is such a wreck too, so glad you liked the video, thanks so much for watching!

Great video by the way. The Minecraft build was relaxing to watch, and I appreciated how you kept it casual as you spoke; it felt relatable compared to those boisterous KZreadrs that try to sound like experts or newscasters. Made me actually stay and watch the whole video!

I also want to quit social media, but there are some people whom I will miss too much if I do, and you are one of them :)

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

so glad u enjoy the content :D

I read about 200 novels last year and ten books in 2024, this year...its just amazing

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

omg thats crazyyyyyy to me good for you! how long did you spend a day reading??

@PigLingBland

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree I spent about 12 hours per day (including night)

Aside from youtube I do not have social media.

Yeah, I’ve tried to quit quite a few times now, as I feel youtube, which is the only platform aside from Discord that I use, I feel like it’s causing me so much harm, mentally. I always watch negative things like oh this person is stupid, this girl cheated on this guy or this girl dated several, this person thinks everyone is racist, etc. Guess what, I’m now left with anxiety so bad my body goes into fight or flight mode, like physical symptoms, I cannot sleep most nights cuz I think my boyfriend will leave me, cuz it feels like after probably about a whole year of watching almost only such videos, my mind is now trying to make me believe in any way that I am like those people I hear about and I just feel horrible about it. Trying to recover basically, so far so good. But really I didn’t even need other social medias, youtube is enough already, considering the content I watch. Ig my views are messed up and along with a pretty bad past, it is just a recipe for disaster that I didn’t realize until it was too late. And before the anxiety, I started hating people beyond much, I started feeling so like.. I am never a person to judge, but I started to judge people more, so anxiety or not, it’s never good. This is like candy, literally. And I’ve been binge-eating every day. Metaphorically. Oh not to mention I can’t focus well, could be yt as I’ve heard from well. KZreadrs. But yeh could also just be me. Well Imma just keep trying, I know I’ll get through this. And if anyone else is in the same boat as me, good luck my friend :3

This guy needs a million subs right now

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

im happy with my 100 but thanks so much

Just got this video recomended to me by yt. Great video. It got me thinking about my sceen time on my phone and pc. I've spent the day just watching random videos on yt. I'll try leaving all social media for a month and if I don't forget, I'll post a comment here about my expirience. Thank you and hope to find new vids from you in a month.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

excited for the update, glad you liked the video!

Worth clicking on this video, i feel like since tiktok is a thing i have lost so much since my childhood.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

maybe you lost the time in the past but at least you realized this now, imagine how much more time you could waste in the future if you didnt have this realization until now, it sucks but think about the positives, your journey to a better mentality can start today :D thanks for watching

Love this so much!❤

Way to give an "old head" some (don't get carried away) hope for the future.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

happy to hear that

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while keep it up man

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

that means so much to me bro glad you like it

Proud of you, big goals

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

😎thanks for watchin :DDDD

That feeling you mentioned of 'missing out' it must have went away at some point right? Sorry if I missed that part. But that feeling when I have tried to stop using social media for a month or so was so powerful and existed with some of my closest friends it's like when I would see them I'd have no clue what happened to so and so, or who did this or what happened their. None of them were actually their when it happened and they all saw it online. It was what made me get back on Snapchat and twitter. It's just like I lost my friends for awhile

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i just tried harder and harder to hang with them in real life or in discord, you dont really need to know what they are posting if you know what they are doing irl. it took me a while to feel like i wasnt missing out anymore, but the more you grind and focus on yourself the less you start to worry about what else is going on in the world. its hard to explain but i hope that helped a bit

Beautiful video, I wanna try something like this. Goodjob

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

go for it! thanks so much for the support

Great Video! as someone who has had addiction issues throughout my life i can tell you socials are 100pc addictive. you did well keep it up, and good luck with the future of your content creation :-) subbed

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

thank you so much

great video!

thank you for this

I just said to myself: "im gonna check my average screentime and if it is higher than 5 hours a day im gonna turn off my phone for a week and see what it does to me." My screentime apparently has an average of 10 hours a day. I wanna cry right now. Im gonna turn this thing off right now. I'll update this comment in about a week and im gonna tell you how it went.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

im super excited to hear how it goes. stay strong!

imagine having social media in the first place

Im about to try this, with no scrolling ill check back in in a week or so.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

excited to hear about it!

Great massage tbh! Quick other off topic question, what's the resource pack you use?

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i use mizunos textures and then bsl shaders! they are my all time fav

@sirdaevyl

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree Thanks man, was looking for a cozy new pack. Much love

7:33 Nah, people don't use social media for decade+ that make people think other people using social media is weird too.

The most I do is discord and facebook to keep in touch with some people If you don't get in the habit of scrolling through your phone, it actually looks very alien I wish more people wouldn't stay glued to their screens Saying this, I am a gamer, but I know when to take a break

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i feel the same way, i noticed on the train the other day i was walking from one end to the other looking for the bathroom, and i saw literally an entire row of people all looking down at their phones at once, it looked so strange haha

this was a really good video!

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

really glad you like it thanks so much

Hey random question, which shader/resource pack are you using?

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

mizunos and bsl :D

@LockZockZ

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree Thx

Finally he laughed :)

sup liam the tree. I am the Epic Tree

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

yo!!

@AlexPlaysStuff-games

2 ай бұрын

pretty epic to me.

my cousin is a doom scroll addict as well

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

another fallen solider

What about KZread? Is it social media? I recently deleted my Instagram account permanently. Only one app i got stuck that is KZread. What should i do?

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i think youtube can still technically count as social media but only if you are a creator. if you just consume the content its just like watching netflix, which can be bad if its all you do but if its just a way to pass some time thats totally fine! hope that helps

this is sick and ive done this before, the thing that keeps getting me to redownload is my bowels bruh. What do I do when I'm pooping idek

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

xDDDDD

@kikivoorburg

2 ай бұрын

Maybe you need a book for the toilet alone? But then you might just sit there for ages while reading. Hmm…

what shaders did u use in the mc vid?

@fulloutstrikes

2 ай бұрын

looks like shildurs or complementary

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

bsl actually!

what is the texture pack? it really pretty and i want to use it

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i use mizunos and bsl shaders

@equazergaming

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree yooo thanks man I will definitely be using it I like the way it look it's really pretty and awesome build btw nice to know some youtubers actually reply to comments still

what are your texture packs and shaders?

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i was using bsl shaders and mizunos textures

8:32 is this genuinely the stuff people actually watch over there?

imma try it and btw love you vids keep it up

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

so glad you enjoy, have a good one :D

@SharifBiharie

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree thx you too man gl with you channel

"Is 6×7=42?.. idk watever you get the point"

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

still havent checked if thats right or not lol

@frwwvess

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree lmao

@kikivoorburg

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree if you know 7 * 7 = 49, then you can see that 6 * 7 = 49 - 7 = 42, so you’re correct!

I can relate to alot of what you said in this video. The solution I came up with though was to join the United States Marine Corps. I did that and now im on the journey to create the best possible life for myself

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

thank you for your service!

Alright so it's clear the moral of this story is to spend 5 Hours 59 Minutes and 59 Seconds on hour phones instead. I DON'T EVEN OWN A PHONE I WIN THIS CHALLENGE EVERY DAY.

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

sounds like a good plan to me lmao

lol I don’t use snap,insta, twitter or TikTok most is KZread at times

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

i try to stay to youtube nowadays but i cant lie i open tiktok sometimes still lol

@spookay69

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree KZread isn't very different from tiktok to be honest

@liamthetree

2 ай бұрын

@@spookay69 honestly true

@spookay69

2 ай бұрын

@@liamthetree either way kudos to you for realizing and going for it