Are you addicted to social media and spending most of your time on your mobile? Read this full post and I bet you will get rid of your addiction.
You clicked on the right post today to know how you can detect the social media giants and focus on the far more important things.
Well, today we spend most of the time with our electronic devices designed to take most of our precious time.
These top Social media giants such as Facebook, Pinterest, Quora etc spend most of their research and development on how they can make their product more and more addicting.
Why are you addicted to your mobile?
Today they create our mobile devices OS in such a way that it releases more and more dopamine in our brain cells.
Dopamine is like a reward for your brain cells every time you something for survival, your brain releases dopamine.
but with dopamine, there comes a problem you see dopamine doest know what's best for us and these tech giants are using that for their benefit by making their product in a way that releases more dopamine
Dopamine is addicting so your brain wants it more and more.
Tips to reduce social media consumption
1.The first tip is to unfollow all the pages or persons you watch the most.
Analysis of all your social media accounts and unfollow any time-consuming account
2.The second tip my friend is to turn off all types of notifications. Trust me you will see the result by yourself.
3.Third tip my friend is to not watch your mobile phone first thing n the morning. if you start your day by opening Instagram, WhatsApp.
You cannot control yourself from opening the app again and again.
keep your phone away from yourself at the night as far as you can.
4.Fourth tip is to restrict the app for a certain period.
it a feature on android that you can restrict certain apps functionality for the desired time.
Assume set a timer for Instagram of 20 minutes so when you have used Instagram for 20 minutes it will be automatically closed by the system.
5.Fifth Tip to not use any short video app like TikTok, Instagram reels or even YouTube shorts these apps are better uninstalled from your devices.
Most of the videos on these platforms are just time-consuming and not knowledgeable.
Conclusion
So here are the simple ways how you can reduce the usage of social media.
I once addicted myself to social media, but then I realized how my priorities worked rather than on social media.
Bonus Tip
If you want to quit something bad, always find a distraction.
For example: If you want to quit social media, try replacing them with something productive like reading a book or finishing works or learning a new skill.
Hope you find this helpful comment on your experience and be safe.
FAQ
Why is important is reduce our time on social media?
"Time is money" and we need to properly utilize our time. Social media is just consuming our precious time.
Which social media app is the number one in the world
Currently, Instagram is the number 1 social media app which is owned by Facebook.