Ways to Break Free from the Chains of Social Media & Technology
1. If you don’t feel strong enough to cut off your ties to social media and technology on your own, there are companies that have designed apps to help you limit these distracting habits:
Rescue Time– This app tracks the amount of time you spend on social media sites. Use it to set a goal and cut down your weekly use of social media
Stay Focusd– This app actually forces you to limit the amount of time you use on social media. Program the number of hours you want to limit yourself to per day, and the app will log you off when you’ve used up your time
Focus Booster– This app offers a clock that helps you to perform in increments of work time and rest time. For example, work for twenty-fives, take a five minute break, and then repeat until your work session is done!
2. Create a list of set boundaries you would like to practice each day. For example, these are a list of boundaries I came up with for myself:
• I do not check my phone in the morning until after I have taken care of the dog
• Stop internet and phone use by 10pm
• Do not use phone or check social media sites until after I am done working/doing homework
• Limit searching Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to a maximum of three hours a day
• Every first Wednesday of the month, take a “social media fast”
