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]]>Take a Deep Breath
Before responding to a negative comment, take a deep breath and give yourself a moment to process your emotions. Remember that not all comments deserve a response, especially if they are hurtful or simply seeking attention. Choose your battles wisely and focus on maintaining your positive energy.
Keep Your Cool
Responding to negativity with more negativity will only fuel the fire. Instead, keep your cool and respond in a calm and collected manner. Use logical arguments, facts, and evidence to support your point of view. Remember, your goal is not to win an argument but to promote understanding and positivity.
Choose Your Words Wisely
When crafting your response, choose your words carefully. Be assertive but respectful. Avoid personal attacks or offensive language. Focus on addressing the issue at hand and providing a thoughtful response. Your words have the power to influence others, so use them wisely to promote a healthy and respectful discussion.
Know When to Walk Away
Sometimes, the best response is no response at all. Not every negative comment requires your attention. If the comment is offensive or irrelevant, it’s perfectly acceptable to ignore it and focus on engaging with positive interactions instead. Your time and energy are valuable, so invest them in nurturing positive connections.
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]]>Mental Health Boost
Social media can be a double-edged sword when it comes to mental health. While it can provide a sense of community and support, it can also lead to feelings of inadequacy, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), and anxiety. Taking a break from social media allows you to reset and focus on your own well-being, reducing stress and improving your mental health.
Enhanced Productivity
Let’s face it, social media is a time sink. Countless hours can be spent mindlessly scrolling through feeds, liking posts, and watching videos. By stepping away from social media, you regain precious time and energy to focus on more meaningful activities. Use this time to pursue hobbies, engage in self-care, or spend quality time with loved ones.
Improved Sleep Quality
The blue light emitted by screens can disrupt our sleep patterns and affect the quality of our rest. Taking a break from social media before bedtime can help improve your sleep quality. Use the time you would usually spend scrolling through social media to relax, read a book, or engage in a soothing bedtime routine. You’ll wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day.
Rediscover Your Passions
When we’re constantly bombarded with content and updates on social media, it can be easy to lose sight of our own interests and passions. A social media detox gives you the opportunity to reconnect with your hobbies, explore new activities, and indulge in the things that truly bring you joy. Whether it’s painting, hiking, writing, or playing an instrument, allow yourself the freedom to pursue your passions without the distractions of social media.
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]]>A Different Era
It used to be that when we took pictures, we had them taken of us by someone else. We smiled normally because that’s what you did. We smiled because it’s proper etiquette, and it looks pleasant when we look back at them later on.
That’s when the selfie came along. With the advent of smartphones and their exceptional photo-taking quality, people starting taking selfies of themselves and sharing them with friends, family, and on social media platforms.
A Picture Should Feel Necessary
But now things have gotten to a point where people feel the need to take a selfie of themselves whenever they post something online. If someone posts a long-winded opinion about something, they’ll usually complement that text with a selfie of themselves smiling and joyful—even if a photo wasn’t really necessary to get their point across in the first place.
At the risk of sounding judgemental, we feel that this illustrates a bizarre phenomenon in the way we take pictures. It’s one thing to take a selfie or photo when it’s there to commemorate a special time or a beautiful memory. These, we feel, are extremely warranted.
But when someone adds a smiling selfie to a Facebook post that doesn’t really need a picture attached to it—and it’s clear to the reader that the selfie in question was taken specifically for the corresponding post—it feels a bit off. There’s a feeling of vulnerability that comes across, but not the kind that’s endearing. We feel like we’re being actively smiled at, almost like an advertisement.
Peer Pressure
This isn’t a knock on the people sharing their smiles, but more about our current social media culture that pressures people into turning everything into a visual experience, to optimize likes, comments, and overall engagement.
Call us old-fashioned, but a genuine smile is something you can’t fake—no matter how many filters are attached.
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]]>Morning and Night
If you tend to pick up your phone first thing in the morning and scroll through social media before going to sleep, it’s time to stop. Putting your phone to charge in a place that’s not easy to reach will help you get the job done.
Time Limit
Some of the apps on your phone allow you to put a daily limit and you should give this option a try because it allows you to monitor and control your screen time.
Follow List Purge
One of the reasons why you’re spending so much time on social media is the fact you follow a bunch of people you don’t care about. You’ll reduce your social media time if you unfollow or simply mute them.
New Hobbies
You won’t be glued to your phone at all times if you’re keeping yourself busy doing other things. Emerge yourself into some new hobbies that you really enjoy and time will fly by so fast that you won’t even notice it’s been hours since the last time you looked at your phone.
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]]>Clean Up Your Feed
If you have a habit of following a bunch of travel bloggers who are constantly jet-setting around the world, it’s time to clean up your Instagram feed. Their job should be to inform you about beautiful places around the world and inspire you to hit the road. If they’re not doing that and just making you feel jealous instead, it’s time to unfollow.
Change Your Mindset
It’s important to remind yourself that social media is not the real world and everyone only posts about their most exciting moments. When it comes to travel bloggers, they’re not simply doing it for fun—this also happens to be their job so it’s natural they travel more than regular people.
Realistic Goals
If you’re feeling travel envy because you can’t afford expensive international flights and fancy hotels, it’s time to set realistic goals for yourself. Travel within your means, explore your local surroundings, and save for budget-friendly trips instead of trying to do what everyone else is.
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]]>The Social Network (2010)
David Fincher’s The Social Network is the first film that comes to mind when someone mentions social media. Even a decade later, the story of Facebook’s rise still holds up and it’s as poignant as it was back in the day.
The Social Dilemma (2020)
This Netflix documentary rounds out some of the leading social media experts, who came together to warn us of the dangerous human impact of their own creations.
Eighth Grade (2018)
Bo Burnham’s coming-of-age dramedy explores many important topics in under 100 minutes including Gen-Z’s reliance on social media and the role it plays in carving their identities.
Ingrid Goes West (2017)
This highly underrated film ushered in the era of social media-inspired black comedies by telling a story of an unhinged social media stalker who manages to infiltrate the life of a popular Instagram star.
Not Okay (2022)
The latest addition to this rising genre, Not Okay centers on a privileged twenty-something woman who fakes being a victim of a bombing attack for social media fame, exploring everything from cancel culture, white privilege, and appropriation of trauma.
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