Okay, so as the title presents, it’s a little extreme, but put in context, social media is pretty addictive.

As a self-proclaimed social media addict, I tried a little social experiment to not use social media for a week, to see what impact it would have.

After the first day I was pretty much scratching my head to try and see what’s going on with friends and the news, but I stayed strong. After the third day I realised I could do this easy, due to the fact I’m focusing my time on other activities and actually meeting up with friends.

I didn’t want to live a digital life, I want to be able to hang out with my friends and speak to them directly, but then is essence I don’t want to have the fear of missing out (FOMO) what’s going on through Facebook and Twitter. FOMO is definitely…