James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

James Acaster

Aug 2022 · Headline · Narrated by James Acaster

About this audiobook

This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.

When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f*cking Zuckerberg). He knew that in order to stay clean he'd have to replace everything social media used to give him with three-dimensional, real-life activities.

And so it was that James found ways to anonymously bully strangers, see photos of everyone's dogs, get invited to as many parties as possible, immediately know about all celebrity deaths, get public figures fired, argue with everybody about everything, and so much more without even owning a phone (he painted over the screen of his old one to stop himself looking at Instagram).

His life is amazing and yours could be too if you buy JAMES ACASTER'S GUIDE TO QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA, BEING THE BEST YOU YOU CAN BE AND SAVING YOURSELF FROM LONELINESS VOL. 1.

You will also need to do everything the audiobook tells you to. Including helping us promote the audiobook by tweeting about it.

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Ratings and reviews

A whimsical satire of the self help genre, comedian James Acaster details the steps taken to break an addiction to social media and build a new life offline. Venting frustration, finding new friends, keeping up with news, and staying abreast of the hottest gossip aren't as easy without your devices, but James proves it all possible with an ingenious series of escapades that are as repeatable as they are advisable.

I'm leaving this review now, as I will instantly have to cover my phone in tar once I'm done with the audiobook, and don't want to miss my chance to potentially help anyone who's on the fence about purchasing this. Life changing is an understatement. I can only hope my own 'Project Offline' is even a quarter as successful as James's. Goodbye forever. I'll be checking periodically to see if this review gets any likes in the coming days, before I'm gone for good. Thank you.

About the author

James Acaster is an award-winning stand-up comedian and the author of three Sunday Times bestselling books. In 2018, James released his four-part Netflix stand-up collection, Repertoire. A year later he completed a mammoth tour of his hugely successful show, Cold Lasagne hate Myself 1999, around the UK, Australia and America. His podcast Off Menu, which he hosts with Ed Gamble, is a regular in the Apple top 10 list.