My name is Chloe, I live in Adelaide South Australia and I’m thirty years old. Almost ten years ago I said seeya later to social media and have been existing purely IRL ever since.

Over the years I’ve noticed the reactions to the news of my lack of social media evolve. During the first few years I noticed people would (mostly) laugh and say “why not?”, totally fair question.

But, in the last few years that reaction is almost always “I wish I could do that” followed by curiosity-geared questions around how I stay up to date with news, maintain and social life and what I do about boredom.

This glaringly obvious shift has made me feel obligated to share my experience to help others get out of the social-media-death-loop.

In this blog I write about the challenges I’ve faced along the way and how I’ve overcome them, as well as actionable and realistic steps to help you regain control of your social media consumption and take back your life.