I produce content (mainly blog posts) I didn’t want to miss out on the social media traffic source to this blog. It was not an all-out social media break for me. My goals were as follows: My goals of a social media break # So set the right one to not be a product, the target of social media marketers. Remember one thing, if you are not paying you are the product. Then it is time to set goals you want to achieve from this social media break. If you are doing mindless scrolling anywhere and want a digital detox from that platform include it in your social media breakup list. You could have your own list of apps for social media break which may include platforms like Tik Tok, snap chat, and Pinterest. I am basically nonexistent on Pinterest and don’t even have a Tik Tok account. I am still using youtube (considering not using it too). In my case, it was Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram in no particular order. List the social media accounts you want to get off from. Ask yourself these questions, after you have some data decide which social media platforms you want to take a break from and which platforms you want to continue using. What do you consider social media? What do you want to get out of a social media break? Is LinkedIn social media, I think yes. If you decide to do it, keep in mind that If a YouTuber can take a social media break and succeed at it, you can surely do it. It will help you have an idea of the total time you are spending on social media platforms, then you can decide if you want to take a break or not. With the desktop app, you can also track how much time you are spending on the web application of these social media platforms. This gives you a very good idea of how much time you are spending on Instagram, Facebook, or even Tik Tok. You can track your screen time on both mobile and laptop/desktop with their app to the minute. To track your usage, you can start using Rescue TIme. The same thing applies to your social media time usage (or if I can call it waste). You can’t manage what you don’t measure - Peter Drucker. What did you do the first thing in the morning after waking up? If your answer is I looked at my phone or checked any of my social media apps you NEED a social media break, period. Do you need to take a social media break? # Please read this piece by Seth Godin, may be he will convince you to take a social media break. Social media can also be a hindrance to your work from home productivity. This is not the best for your mental health. Don’t be pulled into an endless stream of “not so good news”. COVID-19 has already done a lot of damage. It is very important to take a social media break now in midst of a global pandemic. But I did not go on and play the mindless feed scrolling game. I did some cheating, I logged into Facebook to share my blog post links to multiple Facebook groups. I had done some time limiting on Facebook back in 2010 too. I cannot vouch that I have got smarter, but I can definitely say that I have more control over when I want to use my phone. You could be completely off it, for example not posting as well as not consuming any content from the feeds or engaging in other’s posts.Īs I read/scanned through many posts, common takeaways from doing the detox were
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