SOCIAL MEDIA OVERWHELM !
Channel: Charles Botensten
Date: 2018-12-08

As someone who'd always heard from the most successful people that being on social media is important for business - I was always under the impression that this was a necessity, and I don't really need a way out. But what I've realized over the past few years, is that a detox from social media is incredibly important for any person. In fact, what you strive for shouldn't be just a detox - but a consistent distancing of yourself from your gadgets. 

When I decided to make a slight effort to distance myself from social media, I found that it had a noticeable positive effect on my life. You see, there's a lot that goes on in your brain as you scroll through your social media. Here's what would happen with me. I'd go on the internet to check my email or do something business related - telling myself it's ok because I'm not really wasting my time. Then I'd somehow end up opening an app and wasting my time on it. Scrolling through my Instagram, or my Facebook feed. 

When you scroll through any of your social media, you get this dopamine rush in your brain that really fulfills you, make you feel temporarily satisfied, and also has you wanting to come back for more. This is the cycle we can all fall victim to if we let go and don't make a conscious effort to check ourselves and make an intervention!

Social media is incredibly powerful and has made a huge difference in the world. Be it on a personal level or professional, there is of course no reason you shouldn't be making use of this powerful tool to build relationships or sustain the current ones. However, is it healthy to let this tool take over your life and actually get to the point that it becomes toxic? This is the question I asked myself before nudging myself into action. 

I placed the social media apps on my phone on the third folder. I stopped impulsively going through my social media or logging on to anything that I knew was just going to be a way to waste my time. I had to make sure that everything I was doing on social media, if I've ended up on it somehow, was still positive and also restrained. I stopped taking my phone with me to bed and inevitably waking up next to it. These might seem like very small changes to ones lives - but they make a significant impact in the long run. In fact, I believe this is a turning point in my life where I'm trying to detach or at least distance myself from everything that takes up my productive energies. I think it's important that all of us have this same energy about maximizing our productivity and cutting off things that get in the way of that. Here's to hoping I'll stick to my plan. And you will, too!


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