virtual journal

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

If you feel a serious attachment to social media, I’d suggest keeping yourself offline for a while. Temporarily disable accounts. Delete apps off your phone. Only use your phone for communication such as phone calls and texts, and even then limit your time. Remind yourself that social media isn’t important. Your importance is not measured in likes, comments, notes or followers. It could all be gone tomorrow, and then what? You’ll realize that there’s so much to life than seeing what the next person is up to online. You’re wasting so much precious time by endlessly scrolling. What we consume through media is important to be aware of. And if you’re looking through gossip websites and all that, it’s just eating away at your spirit. It has much more of a negative effect than we can imagine. A lot of what’s online is toxic energy, and it’s important to protect yourself from that. Spend more time with loved ones. Go out more with friends and family. Take yourself out more on your own. Discover new interests, and skills. Build positive habits. It’s been proven that spending several hours on social media, is common to develop a variety of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and loneliness. So go out for runs and walks every day. Spending time out in nature can be so beneficial, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Read more often. Teach yourself something new. Build responsibility, and discipline! If you haven’t yet, try looking for a job and build your savings. There is so much that can be done, social media is just an excuse and a addiction to most. We are all so different, so at the end of the day, you must put in the work to figure out how you’d like to spend your free time. Everything I can suggest, may not be beneficial to you. So take the time to figure out what you want your life purpose to be. What you’d like to accomplish, big or small. Build positive morning and night routines, include habits that’ll keep you off your phone as much as possible. Spend your morning exercising, preparing a nutritious breakfast or engaging in an activity that energizes you. Get a digital alarm clock, instead of using your phone. There are so many cute ones on Amazon! Buy a planner, and schedule out your days. When you’re at home doing nothing, teach yourself to spend your time wisely. What do you like to do? Are you into art? Are you into writing? I’m not saying to never go on your socials, but teach yourself self discipline and know when to stop. But remember that bad habits take a while to break, so don’t overwhelm yourself too much. Give yourself small goals, such as no social media weekends or Sundays, for example. I’m not sure how old you are, but age can play a huge role. When I was younger, I’d always be on my phone lol. Now, sometimes I even forget it exists and I have friends complaining I never respond to texts lol. Give it some time, put in the work and eventually it’ll get easier. 🤍

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