Glued To Your Phone? Here's How To Rethink Your Relationship With Social Media
Navigating the internet can feel like a lot. There's cute animal videos, plant parent groups, inspiring fashionistas and information on many #movements. But there's also plenty of bad news, hate speech and harassment, catfishing, misinformation and more.
"The Internet can crack us open to seeing so many things that we would have never encountered otherwise. And that's one of the most beautiful, miraculous things about it. But it can also divide our attention and make us feel fractured," says Chris Stedman, author of IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in our Digital Lives.
I'm a Libra which means I was born to find balance, and I wanted to apply that principle to my social media behaviors and consumption.
It's a constant ongoing individual project, but if it's something that you want to do, too, here are four tips I've come across to help you get started.
It's no secret that apps and social media companies are competing for consumers' attention. The more time spent on an app or platform, the better. And that means a series of design choices have been made, to slowly but surely keep us locked in.
