Before we stepped off social media, we were doing well on paper.
Working a job. Posting content.
Our videos hit thousands, and one reached over 200,000.
Another with our son hit 50,000.
Merch clip? 35,000.
We even got a little payout from it.
But by then? The cost had already stacked up.
Hours. Energy. Memory filled to the brim.
I thought I was building.
I thought I was winning.
But something didn’t sit right.
I saw people in leadership swearing by social media like it was the way.
But many of them already had names.
Already had wealth.
Already had momentum before the timelines and tags.
That’s when I realized: I’d been played.
I was online.
But I was still stuck.
Problems unsolved.
Potential untouched.
The media had become a mirror I couldn’t see myself in.
I lost track of the reason I picked up the mic, the pen, the camera in the first place. The Art.
So, I stepped back.
And started listening.
To books. To life. To the quiet.
And I found something:
A whole system built to steal your attention.
People lose years to it.
Holidays.
Money.
Opportunities.
And they don’t even know they’re bleeding.
But when I left the screen and re-entered real life,
I felt it.
The shift in how I spoke.
How I listened.
How I looked people in the eye again.
We live in a world where people touch screens more than they touch each other.
We laugh in comment sections more than we do in living rooms.
And we’ve mistaken notifications for connection.
That was when I woke up.
And I share it because some of you are still in that loop.
Not because you’re lost
but because no one ever told you there was a way out.
Yes, the system still exists.
Yes, the algorithm still watches.
But knowing that?
That’s your power.
I talk about all of this in our book.
Long before the world caught up to the idea that social media was wrecking mental health,
I was already stepping toward something deeper.
A new wealth.
Not the kind measured in clicks
but in clarity.
In connections.
In peace.
Real progress demands presence.
Not just productivity.
Not just performance.
You’ve got goals?
You’ve got dreams?
Then you need focus.
You need grounding.
You need to unplug just long enough to remember yourself.
Because this life?
It’s got more to offer than scrolls and echoes.
It’s got breath.
It’s got beauty.
It’s got you.
And you’ve got every right to claim it back.