Oct 31, 2020
Highlights
Your Relationship with Social Media
(02:10)
- Is your relationship with social media unhealthy? Only you know the answer to this - I encourage honest reflection here.
- Endless scrolling and finding yourself on your mobile without realising… sound familiar?
- How many hours a day do you spend on your phone looking at social media?
- If you were not doing this, what could you be doing?
- Creating relationships online can affect offline relationships.
- Your communication skills can suffer.
What Can You Do?
(06:25)
- Notifications off.
- Reduce screen time - check your statistics.
- Charge your phone overnight in another room (get an alarm clock!)
- Mute, unfollow, unfriend, block…
- Recognise accounts that cause you stress.
- Select people to follow carefully.
- Think about what you share and when to comment.
- Take a break.
- Take apps off your phone - temporarily or permanently.
- Schedule social media time.
- Create a cut-off time.
- Phone your friends.
- Stop comparing - remember social media is a snapshot.
- Post later.
- Use blocking tools.
Wrap Up
(16:00)
If you are currently working on improving your relationship with technology generally, you might like to check out my online course, Achieve Inbox Zero. You can find it at theteachingspace.com/shop.