The 24 Hour Hiatus From Social Media

It may sound like a simple task to skip all social media for 24 hours; however, this is no easy en devour for a business professional.  Today’s world of business requires the frequent use of all types of social media.  As part of a school assignment I was challenged to abstain from using all forms of social media for 24 hours.  I am sad to report that I failed this challenge.  The only way I would be able to accomplish this task would be to literally disappear from society, or take a vacation into a remote area.

While the vacation is a great way to avoid social media, I am willing to bet that most will flock to social media as soon as a WiFi signal is available.  We all want to post our vacation pictures and updates to Facebook and Instagram, and check all of our missed texts and emails. So can a business professional accomplish this task while continuing to work?  The answer is no, texting, and emailing have become essential tools to conduct daily business functions. 

My supposed un-wired day quickly became wired, when customers begin to text me for work appointments.  These texts are the lifeblood of my business, so they had to be answered; otherwise, I would have been standing around with nothing to do.  Several workers depend on me to bring in work for them to do, so they would also be standing around as well.  Sure, the customers could simply pick up the phone and call me; however, they have grown accustomed to texting for all communications.  Simply skipping a day of these texts would spell disaster, so I continued to respond to the texting.

As previously stated, vacation is a great way to abstain from social media.  I have a vacation planned May 17-26.  Abstaining from social media is one of my goals for vacation, and I will be in some very remote areas without cell phone or WiFi service, and it will not be an option either.  To sum up this assignment, I do not think it is possible for today’s business professional to simply drop all forms of social media for 24 hours.  With proper planning this is an achievable task, or if one is incarcerated or living off the grid they should also be able to pull this task off.  However, I am willing to be even the most disconnected people on earth will run into obstacles when trying to avoid all forms of social media.