Why you should try SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX for at least 30 days?

 What dose this actually means?

Social media detox means not using any social media apps in your day-to-day schedule. Like deleting all social media apps from your smartphone and as well as from pc/desktop also.

Why you should try this?   

Social media user numbers keep growing rapidly. In fact, the average person spends nearly four-five hours per day online. Read on to learn why a social media detox is great for you!. That’s a lot of time that could be spent in other ways. It’s also indicative sign of the current social and business culture.

How exactly is social media ruining your life?

Average person spend spends nearly four-five hours per day in social media apps including Instagram, twitter, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Tiktok and many more. Nowadays it's not possible to delete app like WhatsApp because of this pandemic most of the instructions of our daily work is given through that only.

When you spend time on social media it's fun because you don't  have to work on that it's your chill time. You waste your precious time on watching useless things. You can utilize that time on your and your self development also. Famous Web Streaming app Netflix also made on documentary movie(Social dilemma) on this topic. This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

Why should you try social media detox?

        1.It allows you to break the social comparison cycle

People's generally compares themselves with what they see on social media and and itself raise problem of less self-esteem.

For example, if everyone you know is going for trips and enjoying but you're still in home doing nothing. you may end up feeling isolated and lonely. This can even lead to serious depression for some people. Try to break down this unhealthy cycle. Just take a break from social media so you can reconnect with all of the awesome things in life.

        2.Reduced anxiety

As you stop comparing yourself with others you fell more happy in what you're doing. You’ll even find yourself being more positive, A lot of evidence suggests that most of today’s anxiety comes from social media use and consumption. Use of social media is directly affect you in mental health.

        3.Improve your overall mood

Studies discovered that the more time you spend on a social media site, the more likely you are to develop depression. The amount of time you spend on these social media sites is directly related to your overall mood and mental helth.

Do you feel stressed out, sad, anxious or happy? In other words, if you’re feeling highly anxious,depressed and stressed out, take a break. If you feel depressed, it’s a good time to take a social media detox. 

        4.Conquer your fear of missing out

As per studies it is observed that social media is so much addictive and tech giant's improving how they can get you more connected. When you first stop using social media, you can expect to feel withdrawal symptoms,fear of missing out. Scientists say that this is due to the naturally ingrained FOMO (fear of missing out). After all, you could miss something regular entertaining or important  if you step away from your laptop or smartphone.

People even use social media without caring other their other work.

        5.Reconnect with the real world

Do you connect well with others online, but never connect with people in person? Although this can be ideal for introvert persons, you still need some face-to-face human contact. Sadly, people who spend a lot of time on social media report feeling lonely, anxious and isolated in real life. They’re also more likely to suffer from a weakened immune system and mental helth.

Face-to-face interpersonal relationships are generally stronger than those online.

        6.Live in the moment

We are in home everyday but have you remembered you have spend time with your family talking to them. Their is very less time in day you may seat and talk with your family.

Work to get in quality time with your family every day, even if it’s just a few minutes.

        7.Stop obsessing over the past

Do you spend a lot of time looking at old tweets or Facebook stalking your ex,watching useless videos? This can keep you stuck in a negative Mindset. It makes it much more difficult to recover from that overwhelming breakup when you see others on social media. Leaving social media behind for a while can give you the space, more positive vibes you need to stop obsessing. This way, you’ll actually move on with your life. 

        8.Gain a lot of free time

Do you feel like you never have enough time to exercise, read, or clean your house? Putting social media on pause will help you regain almost two-three hours per day. During this time, you can devote your energy to improving your life.

        9.You’ll get more work done, and you’ll do it faster

When you don’t have to worry about your devices buzzing left and right,without notifications you can truly focus. 

checking your social media every 10 minutes is another form of multitasking. Multitasking makes whatever you do take longer,less focused and you do it in an inferior way. In fact, the American Psychological Association (APA) estimates that juggling multiple tasks at once reduces your productive time by as much as 40 percent. 

        10.You get more creative thoughts

As you have so many free time, you think what to do in this time and my come up with very creative idea out of your mind that can make you more wealthy and mentally stable.

How you can do it now when everything is going online?

As because of pandemic so many organizations are running online and you're doing your work From home. So now every work related notification coming on WhatsApp so basically we can't delete WhatsApp for now but You can do weekend detox or one week detox for that. besides WhatsApp you can delete everything, if you have very important work on your social media handles then make a goal of using it only for half hour a day, it can help you to continue your work as well as detox.

You must be thanking about me! as i am telling you this i have done this. i have deleted my all social handles for more than one month, and i feel more fresh, productive from that detox. Initially it's hard to spend your time because we're so lazy for doing work. but as days goes you get used to it.

when i got lot of time first i tend to sleep in that time after few days i started reading a book unfortunately i can't finish it in that time. i spend some time in watching and reading about latest technology's and some questions that raised in my mind that time.

After doing this detox when i opened my all social media handles i feel there is no change in it everything is same and we're wasting your precious time using it.

how i get idea to do social detox? :)

When Netflix  releases their movie social dilemma, i seen it and i realized important's of it.

Then i done it. but i haven't uninstalled WhatsApp though because of my work. 

Thank you for reading!

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