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4 Practical Ways to Optimize Your Social Media Use for a Happier Life
One of the bad habits I hope to axe this coming year is my compulsive use of social media. It doesn’t matter the situation, I always seem to have my phone glued to my hand, watching the thousandth TikTok compilation, scrolling mindlessly through Reddit and consuming content that adds little value to my day-to-day experiences. While I believe that social media is largely a force of good and can enrich our lives in numerous ways, it can also be toxic if misused and have a negative effect on your overall mental health and wellbeing. Here are my top 4 ways to optimize your social media use for a happier and more fulfilled life.
1. Limit usage after waking up and before bed
We‘re all guilty of this. Alarm rings, we roll over and before we even think to do anything else, we’re on our phone, scrolling and trying to catch up on everything we’ve missed since the last time we were on our phone…eight hours ago. Or this: it’s 2AM and despite being bone tired and having a million things planned in a few hours, we’re scrolling, liking, commenting. Cut it out!
For one, it sends the wrong message that social media is the most important thing in the world to do in the morning and therefore, should be the first thing you do in the morning. It’s not. Instead try…
