This was really a good read!! Insightful. I have been trying to do the same thing of limiting the time. Maybe it would be helpful. But what I have realized that sometimes social media decreases the anxiety too. It causes it too, but sometimes it helps too. So, as you said, balance is very crucial and needed.
Yes, that's why I wrote we need to use it to lighten ourselves, albeit in a time-limited fashion as much as possible. Of course, there are days when you feel stuck and are lying in bed without an immediate purpose. Random scrolling on such days doesn't count. :)
Starting by limiting your social media time every day is a great line.
Personally, I’ve made myself busy with things outside social media. Instead of scrolling aimlessly, I save offline content like podcasts, movies, or series. So whenever I get some free time or just want to relax, I open something I’ve intentionally chosen.
Watching a series or a movie for an hour doesn’t affect my attention span the way social media does. I get one meaningful piece of content in an hour, rather than being bombarded with thousands of random bits in just a few minutes. It doesn’t overwhelm my brain, and I actually feel refreshed afterward.
This was really a good read!! Insightful. I have been trying to do the same thing of limiting the time. Maybe it would be helpful. But what I have realized that sometimes social media decreases the anxiety too. It causes it too, but sometimes it helps too. So, as you said, balance is very crucial and needed.
Yes, that's why I wrote we need to use it to lighten ourselves, albeit in a time-limited fashion as much as possible. Of course, there are days when you feel stuck and are lying in bed without an immediate purpose. Random scrolling on such days doesn't count. :)
Yeah, you’re right. Those days shouldn’t be counted at all
Starting by limiting your social media time every day is a great line.
Personally, I’ve made myself busy with things outside social media. Instead of scrolling aimlessly, I save offline content like podcasts, movies, or series. So whenever I get some free time or just want to relax, I open something I’ve intentionally chosen.
Watching a series or a movie for an hour doesn’t affect my attention span the way social media does. I get one meaningful piece of content in an hour, rather than being bombarded with thousands of random bits in just a few minutes. It doesn’t overwhelm my brain, and I actually feel refreshed afterward.
Thoughtfully nice!
Though not sure how everybody lies…? May be caught in illusion…? Not sure…!