Managing Social Media Addiction [if at all]

 

Please DON'T get me wrong.  I'm NOT a nemesis of SOCIAL MEDIA.  In fact, I've fully embraced it and I CAN'T imagine living life again similar to WHAT we have had in the past.  Even a recent survey across 19 countries showed that 57% are saying that SOCIAL MEDIA is a 'good thing'.  BUT surprisingly, in some countries, like Netherlands and France, 54% and 51% opine that SOCIAL MEDIA is a 'bad thing'💚💛💜

BUT I'd rather consider those survey results from the Netherlands and France as outliers because by and large, I'll consider them as outliers for now.  I'd rather NOT to be distracted with WHAT I feel are the more serious concerns we should talk about, and that's the KNOWN fact that many people are struggling with 'phone addiction' through the years, spending hours scrolling each day.  Yet NO one seems to be aware of the addiction issue that's hovering over us❎❎❎

HOW did many people handle this?  Many did delete their mobile apps like IG and TikTok BUT they admit that IT NEVER WORKS.  Everytime they deleted the apps, they reinstalled it a few days later.  Then they realized something.  They were NOT addressing the 'root' of the problem BUT WERE simply skimming the surface.  Then someone else cracked the code, whew!!! 

So WHAT's the code they cracked to break those unconstructive patterns of behavior?  They discovered and explored their interests in CREATIONs, being CREATIVE, tapping into their truest forms of creativity.  LIKE creating art.  LIKE creating videos.  LIKE creating ideas.  LIKE creating writing.  LIKE creating something that will be worth it instead of just waking up and ending up playing the same games over and over again.  OR that kind of unconsciousness captivity WHERE one keeps checking and checking for messages every looping interval😡😡😡

Our takeaway:  NOT to unnecessarily turn SOCIAL MEDIA into a whipping boy BUT the truth is, everyone of us needs to leverage on anything WITH MODERATION, and that includes SOCIAL MEDIA.  Anything that breaches the acceptable and normal thresholds is inimical to us, WHETHER we agree OR not.  BTW, SOCIAL MEDIA is and should NOT our only platform for communications.  IF an exchange of messages is going nowhere, PICK UP THE PHONE, dude!!!