Why I deleted Facebook and why I’m better for it

The combination of three different pandemics — the coronavirus, racial injustice & economic uncertainty — has opened a gaping anxious hole in my inner being ripe for the filling. Like many people I know, I began to fill that hole with “doomscrolling” and mindless swiping through social media.

Over the last few weeks, as the pandemic has worsened, the presidential transition has…