Hello, all!
Long time no post on my blog. Many assignments should be done, yeah! Welkom to Final Exam, XOXO
Orait,
This time iI would like to share about my experience not using social media such as facebook and Instagram. Who do not know those two famous social media? Almost one billion people around the world know and also utilize those two social media in their daily life. What for? Some are just saying hi to their old friend, some are selling items, we can call it for an online shop, some are doing business, some are just ‘kepoin’ others social media.
What about me? I use facebook since 2009 and Instagram since in the end of 2013. I use facebook for saying hi to my old friend, sharing information such as any scholarships and job information. Instagram? I use it for sharing my daily activities. But, about two days ago I decided to stop using those two social media about 3 months. Why? Of course, this is a big question. We already know that most o the people are using those two socmed, right?
I decided to stop them because of some reasons. Let me describe it one by one.
First, i felt not confidence for no reason. This happened because of seeing other people’s life on instagram. Who is ‘others’? Actress, model, and so on. They are women who have a slim body, beautiful, fashionable, and good appearance. I was jealous with them. I thought that my boyfriend would not love me anymore because i haven’t a slim body, I am not beautiful, I am not fashionable (i am not wearing colorful hijab, they are not wearing eyeglasses like me so they have good appearance). What i did was just comparing myself to them. This is happening everyday and every single time i saw their photos!!! I realize was not confidence to myself anymore! This is the second point, i am not realize that i was always having sceptically habit to my boyfriend.
Of course they - actress, actors, and model - need to have a slim body, beautiful, and fashionable because their job is entertaining people, making audience satisfied on the screen. How audience will interest to them if they are ugly and not fashionable?? It means that, they sell themselves (surely by having a slim body, being beautiful and fashionable) to audience and they will get money. What about me? My job is not selling myself ! I am an educator. My job is teaching students to be a smart people. I am not an entertainer, so having a slim body, being beautiful and fashionable is not my priority. What i need to do is improving my knowledge, learning something new in education to improve my knowledge, writting something which is benefit to education, teaching students, and do many things which are giving benefit to improve education in my country, Indonesia.
Being a smart educator and role model in education are more important for me. Being a healthy person by doing some exercises is more important for me, surely i will get a bonus like having a slim body. Being healthy not thinking being slim like model or such.
Even i am not using instagram about 2 days, but now, i feel a big change in my daily life. I am being more productive by fulfilling my days like usual – before using instagram intensively – such as teaching, writting a paper for international seminar, focus to my thesis, having a regularly exercise, and improving my knowledge.
What about if i am not using it 3 months? I think, i will get more and more benefit and a bigger positive change in my life. I almost forget to be proud of to myself. I almost forget to BE ME like usual – i love to have a different characteristics not like other women who just think that beautiful is just about the appearance and face. I want to be a woman who has a beautiful mind, smart, open minded, appreciate to other people, many good achievement and positive activities.
I am grateful that God makes me realize about this crucial things in my life. ME IS JUST ME. I WILL PROUD TO BE MYSELF.
