Scrolling social media! It's so easy to lose track of time and think you've spent your day being productive, only to realize 2 hours was spent on looking at cats and 30mins was spent on a feature (but the brain tricks you to think the opposite!) Also the people who complain they're the busiest seem to be the most active on social media.
I'm guilty of this too and I'm considering taking a week or two long "social media vacation" soon.
Hey! I'm Dan!
I have been coding professionally for over 10 years and have had an interest in cybersecurity for equally as long!
I love learning new stuff and helping others
Location
Brighton / London, UK
Education
Edinburgh Napier (Postgrad Cert Advanced Security & Digital Forensics)
I've been using an app called Freedom on Android which blocks my phone from certain apps I choose for a given time period. If I try to go into an app during the time I set then it just kicks me out. If I want to stop the time period after it's started I have to phone their tech support so I don't break it "just this once".
Hey! I'm Dan!
I have been coding professionally for over 10 years and have had an interest in cybersecurity for equally as long!
I love learning new stuff and helping others
Location
Brighton / London, UK
Education
Edinburgh Napier (Postgrad Cert Advanced Security & Digital Forensics)
I'll look into it, but I'm more a "cold turkey" kind of person so I may just end up logging out of all of my social media for a couple of weeks to make the "barrier to entry" a little higher. Thanks for the recommendation, Dan!
Hey! I'm Dan!
I have been coding professionally for over 10 years and have had an interest in cybersecurity for equally as long!
I love learning new stuff and helping others
Location
Brighton / London, UK
Education
Edinburgh Napier (Postgrad Cert Advanced Security & Digital Forensics)
I read recently that if you stare at your phone while "on a break", it negates most of the restorative qualities of that break.
This makes perfect sense to me, but is hard to pull off. That little rectangle is addictive af. Social media can be really awful for our collective mental health.
It totally can be - I've noticed I've found myself being more short with my partner lately and have been wondering if the root cause could be all the social media consumption. I've heard it can affect mood along with other mental health.
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Scrolling social media! It's so easy to lose track of time and think you've spent your day being productive, only to realize 2 hours was spent on looking at cats and 30mins was spent on a feature (but the brain tricks you to think the opposite!) Also the people who complain they're the busiest seem to be the most active on social media.
I'm guilty of this too and I'm considering taking a week or two long "social media vacation" soon.
I've been using an app called Freedom on Android which blocks my phone from certain apps I choose for a given time period. If I try to go into an app during the time I set then it just kicks me out. If I want to stop the time period after it's started I have to phone their tech support so I don't break it "just this once".
I've found it to be pretty awesome so far.
That is amazing, I tried a similar app before but you could easily go into settings and shut it off so it never panned out for me.
Take a look and see what you think. I was so impressed I took out a year subscription with it. freedom.to/
I'll look into it, but I'm more a "cold turkey" kind of person so I may just end up logging out of all of my social media for a couple of weeks to make the "barrier to entry" a little higher. Thanks for the recommendation, Dan!
No worries! Whatever works for you 😃
I did it when changing phone. Still only logged to whatsapp and messanger. Thats one of best things.
I read recently that if you stare at your phone while "on a break", it negates most of the restorative qualities of that break.
This makes perfect sense to me, but is hard to pull off. That little rectangle is addictive af. Social media can be really awful for our collective mental health.
It totally can be - I've noticed I've found myself being more short with my partner lately and have been wondering if the root cause could be all the social media consumption. I've heard it can affect mood along with other mental health.