Chargers' Rochell promoting healthy social media use (1:49) Chargers DL Isaac Rochell discusses his new movement called #See You On Sunday to promote healthy social media behavior. I created other platforms, moving on from just the standard Facebook page to Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and more. Lastly, and perhaps the most frightening, I noticed myself at dinner with my closest friends spending most of the time not talking to them, but scrolling a news feed. What would it look like to log out once a week? At no point did I feel my mental well-being shrinking or my valuable time being wasted. It was an opportunity to showcase who I was, not caring about how I was perceived by my digital peers. After being a seventh-round pick out of Notre Dame in 2017, he started a campaign called “See You on Sunday.”“With all those things put together it seems like a no-brainer for me to be doing stuff like this. I realized I was inherently doing these things, without even thinking.
Isaac Rochell & Teammates Talk "Powerful" Sunday at Protest On-field workouts may not be happening due to the effects of COVID-19, but that isn't stopping Chargers players from putting in work off of it. Unknowingly, this decision furthered my need to be revered by others. #SeeYouOnSunday invites participants to embrace newfound or existing hobbies, engage with peers or do something for themselves on Saturday.
Make Saturdays your own.There are nearly 3.5 billion social media users, most of whom log on every day. We said, ‘Let’s start something to give people a chance to give back.’ ”That movement is designed to encourage people to stay off social media on Saturdays. Growing up, he played lacrosse at a high level and also played hockey.For each T-shirt sold, the company sends a T-shirt to a local foster center. I remember the desperate need to immediately post a picture to all of my channels to announce my signing. Lastly, and perhaps the most frightening, I noticed myself at dinner with my closest friends spending most of the time not talking to them, but scrolling a news feed. College coaches came to my high school, day after day, and they all had one parting request: to add them on Facebook. (1:49)Early on, I struggled to navigate the social media landscape, mostly because not much mattered to me outside of my small, Georgia hometown. But as I matured, my basketball aspirations slowly faded while my football career flourished. I found myself unsure of what is actually important and what needs to be "left on read." My agency kindly dissuaded me from making this decision, explaining the personal-branding opportunities and how opportunities to wield social media for good remained.
I fell into the temptation of comparing myself to others when I saw their "perfect lives" as displayed on social media. I told myself that if they wanted me to keep going, then I would simply go full send, as millennials say. An athlete might post a picture-perfect highlight reel of their life on and off the field to Instagram, but they are encountering and dealing with the same challenging emotions that any other user, or human, feels. I figured it couldn't possibly be from playing in front of 80,000 fans for a prestigious program -- I grew up dreaming of that, how could I be experiencing anything other than joy at seeing my dreams come to fruition?
He also served as the Angels beat writer for The Times and the Register. When I did use social media, I did it in a very authentic manner. But as I matured, my basketball aspirations slowly faded while my football career flourished. #SeeYouOnSunday invites participants to embrace newfound or existing hobbies, engage with peers or do something for themselves on Saturday. They also donate $10 per shirt to a designated organization of the month. Make Saturday your own. Something needed to change.This journey took me to a phone call with my agency in which I explained that my 6,000 followers (at the time) would surely go on about their lives without needing to see my "highlight-reel" photos. I'd wonder this as I threw a "like" at one post or gave my friend's story a comment or sent my old teammates a few DMs.
This contemplation seemed to be going on every minute of every hour of my days.