Do you ever find yourself wondering, "How is it 4:30pm already? Where has the time gone and what have I been doing for the past hour?!"
Me too. It seems like I open up Instagram for a quick scroll and pop over to Facebook for a short scan, then I close them and look up and my afternoon is gone, the babies are waking up from their long nap waiting for their snack.
I also found myself having short spans of time, checking my messages then - by default - tapping that Facebook icon or hitting the Instagram app. I admit, these are my two most commonly opened apps (besides My Fitness Pal), and it is amazing the amount of time that was being wasted throughout my day. So, in light of this, I decided last week to take a 48 hour social media fast.
Day 1: I scrubbed the bathroom, deep cleaned the kitchen, reorganized the fridge, swept the floors and "mopped" without a mop (that is on my hands and knees with disinfectant wipes on my laminate floors).
Day 2: My phone battery lasted through to the next day. I decided to go through the end of the year to see how much more I would gain from this experience.
I am just over a week now and I am not 100% convinced I want to go back except to deactivate my accounts! Okay, I am not going to do that, however, I do have a plan. I will be re-installing the apps and setting up the phone so that SIRI doesn't give me app suggestions and keep the apps on the 3rd screen. Then I will set 1 hour a week aside for social media time with an alarm that forces me to close it.
Seriously, I am completely caught up on my podcasts, downloaded things that I have been putting off started reading my book, created an action plan for my 2018 goals, and have an overall clearer view as I reflect through the direction I hope to go as far as a possible business, continued weight loss, and familial desires, as well.
Me too. It seems like I open up Instagram for a quick scroll and pop over to Facebook for a short scan, then I close them and look up and my afternoon is gone, the babies are waking up from their long nap waiting for their snack.
I also found myself having short spans of time, checking my messages then - by default - tapping that Facebook icon or hitting the Instagram app. I admit, these are my two most commonly opened apps (besides My Fitness Pal), and it is amazing the amount of time that was being wasted throughout my day. So, in light of this, I decided last week to take a 48 hour social media fast.
Day 1: I scrubbed the bathroom, deep cleaned the kitchen, reorganized the fridge, swept the floors and "mopped" without a mop (that is on my hands and knees with disinfectant wipes on my laminate floors).
Day 2: My phone battery lasted through to the next day. I decided to go through the end of the year to see how much more I would gain from this experience.
I am just over a week now and I am not 100% convinced I want to go back except to deactivate my accounts! Okay, I am not going to do that, however, I do have a plan. I will be re-installing the apps and setting up the phone so that SIRI doesn't give me app suggestions and keep the apps on the 3rd screen. Then I will set 1 hour a week aside for social media time with an alarm that forces me to close it.
Seriously, I am completely caught up on my podcasts, downloaded things that I have been putting off started reading my book, created an action plan for my 2018 goals, and have an overall clearer view as I reflect through the direction I hope to go as far as a possible business, continued weight loss, and familial desires, as well.
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