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Sonya Lea's avatar

I relate to needing social media for business, but opting out due to the constant pull of the apps. We went camping in a no-internet & phone zone for a few days, and when I returned, I knew that I was going to create this situation for myself every new moon. There's so much beautiful connection that happens when contact isn't available. The intentional ritual helps clear my head and keeps me committed to avoiding the patterned bored/tired scroll. Instead of this behavior, I am turning to audio books, lectures and films more often, and learning so much more. Thanks for being willing to write about this. I think it's necessary to share how addictive and brain-changing the apps can be.

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Heidi Barr's avatar

I relate to all of this so much. I've also tried only using social media on computers, setting a schedule, deleting everything from the phone only to add it back because you can only access certain features that way (boo), keeping the 'apps phone' in my office..... glad you found a solution that works!

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