Last fall, I completely stopped posting on social media for my own peace of mind. I wanted to get away from the toxicity of social media. I don’t know what it is, but everyone on there is desperate for attention and validation. It made me feel some type of way. Not jealousy, but more like pity and disgust. And like I always have, I isolated myself.

This was the last thing I posted on Instagram and Facebook:

No one reached out. Not even friends and family. Not surprising because people are pieces of shit anyway. Then, a couple of months ago, I deleted all my social media accounts. I downloaded all my data so I wouldn’t lose any of the pictures and videos that I had posted. Without any heads up to my “friends”, I was gone.

Do I miss these people? Not even a little.

It’s been a glorious 6 months or so. I’m so out of the loop of any celebrity gossip. I’m also out of the loop of any going-ons with so-called friends and estranged family members. I don’t have to read posts about people’s whacked out view of the world. This type of ignorance is bliss to me.

One of the best decisions I’ve also made was to cut off my father. He was never there when I was growing up. He never contributed to our well-being. I don’t even think he fought to see us and spend time with us. He wanted to reconnect and I tried to give it a shot but it didn’t feel right the second time he came to visit. This man was a stranger to me. He even asked me to get him a green card so he could live in the states and then eventually sponsor the rest of his immediate family to also move here. This motherfucker was asking me to do shit for him when he has never done shit for me. Ever. The man was trying to use me like how he used my mom. Also, he ruined my last vacation in San Diego so I can never forgive him for that. I will also not be visiting him and I doubt I will even attend his funeral.

My siblings don’t speak to him either.

Cutting off friends and family seems like such a cold thing to do. But, I don’t feel lonely. I felt more lonely when I followed these people on Facebook and Instagram. I’m fine being no contact with them.