Have you ever gotten into a social media rabbit hole? That's when you go on social media when you have a little "down time", you begin scrolling through peoples posts and pictures, and a minute turns into an hour.
So many of us have found ourselves in the social media rabbit hole and eventually when we catch ourselves and muster up the will to log off we begin mentally chastising ourselves for time lost.
Time is one if the things many of us claim we wish we had more of. But the cumulative time spent on social media is eating away at so many important things that we could be doing. Yes catching up with friends and family is important, but truth be told, the people whose pages we are viewing on facebook or whatever site we are on are not close friends. If they were, you would be catching up with a phone call or by texting.
The emotional impact that social media has on us is also powerful. For example, I got into the social media rabbit hole this week. I was minding some other girls business by perusing her facebook page and scanning her lengthy post and pics showing her trips around the world. There I was in my quarantine bed pulling myself apart for not being a jet setter.
So what do you do when you get the bug that will lead you down the social media rabbit hole? Well before getting that bug you want to identify a hobby that has the ability to keep you occupied and disciplined. If you're chronically addicted to the rabbit hole then mere will power may not help. But for the casual rabbit holers like myself who find it easier staying away finding something more productive instead works.
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Danni
Great advice!
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