Imagine if social media shut down every evening at 6 p.m., like a shop closing its doors for the night. What would we do with all that time? Maybe we’d have no choice but to reconnect with the people around us, to have real conversations instead of just scrolling past each other’s lives. We might actually sit down with our families and be truly present, or go for a walk in the fresh air without feeling the need to check our phones.
Without the constant lure of likes and notifications, we could rediscover old hobbies—maybe we’d start reading more, or even pick up that dusty guitar and finally learn how to play it. Art, music, creativity—they’d find space in our lives again. And think of the moments we’d share with friends in person, uninterrupted by the buzz of a phone.There’s something almost liberating about the idea of social media taking a break. It forces us to step away from the noise and be part of the world in a more meaningful way. We’d stop chasing virtual connections and start building real ones again. Maybe, just maybe, it would bring us closer to the things that truly matter.