Through this social media audit, I could instantly see the trends and issues with my social media usage. I visually see the amount of class time and study time that I had wasted. It was most apparent on Friday. I woke up and instantly was on my phone, an obvious bad habit. I would lay in bed on my phone for a while and then go to shower. This immediately starts off my day in a negative manner and is a form of habitual procrastination. I can see that I spent almost 1/3 of my time in class on Friday browsing through my phone for various forms of social media. I certainly did not gain anything from this action; I only lost some notes and words of my professors. Throughout the day, I wasted more time by watching Netflix instead of being productive and studying. Throughout the day I was just generally on my phone and paying attention to media more than I realized. When I went to the gym I was listening to Spotify the entire time, while not entirely distracting, it certainly isn’t healthy. After this I procrastinated more homework late into the night by being on my phone and playing Xbox. This prompted me to turn off my phone and I actually got work done efficiently.

Saturday, I woke up at 1 and was instantly on my phone. I was essentially trying to catch up on the events that I missed in the Social Media realm the night before and that morning. This, I have classified as a form of FOMO, where I actually felt like reading or seeing something on Social Media could make me feel better about missing it in real time. I moved on to play Tennis during the day and was not on my phone or engaging in media very much. Afterwords I played Xbox with some friends, which counts as a form of media. That night at dinner I noticed me and all of my friends I was eating with constantly were checking our phones instead of actually having a good conversation. Then we watched the UGA football game and all were at various points on our phones texting or sending snapchats. The game was a form of media as well. I noticed that this was hours on end of being associated with a form of media. Then that night I spent some time texting while hanging with friends and before bed. Overall a lot of social media usage this day.

Using the double line graph, I was easily able to see the similarities between my social media usage on a Friday and on a Saturday. This was very surprising to me. Even though I woke up much later on the Saturday, the chart still shows how similar the trajectories were of my usage. The trend for both was a lot of social media in the morning, followed by a slight down tick. In the afternoon before dinner I found myself engaged in many other forms of media such as Xbox and Spotify. During and after dinner my usage declined somewhat, but not to ideal levels by any means. Then at night while hanging with friends, or trying to get homework done, I noticed that my overall media usage was enormous. I realized just how much genuine time I had missed out on by being obsessed with social media. Before bed I also noticed the trend of being on my phone instead of trying to fall asleep. Overall, these two days opened my eyes to how much time I waste by being engaged in Social Media.

This prompted me to make a change. On this past Tuesday I turned my phone off and left it in my bookbag. I was instantly so much more productive in class than when my phone was on. I was more socially inclined in between classes and also motivated to get homework done. I hardly procrastinated either. Of course, when I turned it back on at night, I was instantly trying to relive the day. This opened my eyes to how much of a temptation our phones actually are. Perhaps in the future I will be able to be more conscious of my social media habits as a result of this audit.