Overdose of Information ‧ How to Set Up and Maintain the Importance of Social Networks
This article is not suitable for everyone, but only for those who appreciate and understand the importance of time.
Based on the constant broadcasts in the Clubhouse and questions, examples of working moments and life hacks for optimizing information consumption were obtained on the example of social networks and messengers. Checked, it works.
What we have
- "Gluttony” of media content
- A constant desire to check email, messengers, and social networks, as if something important or useful is happening during the absence. Lost profit syndrome = anxiety. The anxiety triggers the consumption mechanism
- Bipolar disorder on the background of social networks (for as long as necessary) - an unhealthy attitude to apps
- The feeling of external control from social networks
- Understanding about the Struggle for Attention (for Hours of Human Life)
- Sticking in the networks - the brain does not rest. The psyche cannot be in a static state - degradation or development
- When a person is not able to choose independently, the choice will be made for him
What to do
- To get off the needle - you need to realize because everything is reflexive
- Completely disable all notifications on the phone itself in all applications (leave a maximum of one working messenger)
- Start the mindfulness filter and form a habit. Don't be lazy and start creating social networks (2 minutes a day)
- Stop making likes on the pages and profiles of brands and people. Friends can be
- Subscribe only to what you need for work and development
- Unsubscribe from all pages and people if their content over the past month has not brought any benefit
⤑ Stop instantly replying to messages and comments to everyone. Ideally, all important and necessary contacts should be transferred to one messenger (for example, Telegram, WhatsApp). The rest will be perceived as "not important".
⤑ Structure everything you can. Quick access and cataloging.
⤑ In Telegram, divide chats into folders and disable all notifications in all chats and channels.
Source: Telegram Blog
⤑ On Pinterest, create boards and divide all the pins into boards.
⤑ Don't add friends to people with a profile in a language you don't understand.
⤑ Mercilessly remove destructive friends from social profiles.
The main message
Start unsubscribing, do not stop the process. A social network can serve as a good tool for work and development. You need to configure it. Unsubscribe from all unnecessary content and specify “not interested" content.
