This is optimal, living daily episode, seven hundred and twenty seven. Why I'm taking Social media sabbatical by Tammy struggle of rowdy, kins dot com and I'm just a moloch, welcome back or welcome for the first time. If he knew here is where I simply now, Ray blogs for you sometimes books, but always with from the authors entities episode sponsored by talk space, the Might there be company that lets you choose from over fifteen licence therapists get match with your perfect therapists, who can put you on ass to have your life for a special offer just for a listeners visit talks based dot com, slash old are actually message recently saying how happy she is the tax base I'll show that, at the end of the episode, so for now, Latour Tommy's posed as we optimize your life. Why I'm here,

a social media sabbatical by Tammy struggle of road against our come? He shall Newport Book deep work. He encouraged readers to take a break from social media. For thirty days, Newport wrote quote, by dropping off these services without notice. You can test the reality of your status as a content producer for most people and services, the news might be sobering. No one outside your clothes. Friends and family will likely even notice. You signed off and go up. I don't think new. Opinions are curmudgeon ITALY. Instead, he brings up important topics to consider partially. When I reflect on my increasingly fragmented attention span. Reading, Newport, book again motivated me to reexamine my social media habits according to moment and at that, how much you use your iphone each day, I'll spending two to three. There's a week on Instagram I find Are you in services like Instagram, but spending two to three?

hours a week on? One app is excessive, his Aramis fun and giant personal detraction. Last year I conquered my twitter and Facebook Scroll habits now after my attention in surround, because I'm tired of using the app as a tool to procrastinate on one in November. Second, twenty seventeen I do is the Instagram out from my Iphone and decided to take an extended break from social media. I'm not the only person who struggles with a compulsive knee to check various social media accounts in our minds can be hijacked the Tec, insiders who fear smartphone, Estonia, all Louis Rights Quote there is growing concern that as well as addicting users, technologies contributing towards so called continuous partial it engine severely limiting people's ability to focus and possibly lowering iq. One. Recent studies show that the mere presence of smartphones damages cognitive. Capacity. Even when the devices turned off end quote,

this article academic studies, books. Am I right birthday led to questions about How I use social media, for example, spending too hours a week on Instagram, isn't on my list of forty things to do before. I turn forty of growing older and the old. I grow. I more aware of how I spend my time in technology He's insanity, Alexandra friends and wrote, quote a few years ago I sat down and it's a math. I tell you how many minutes I was spending on Twitter each day, then I Malta That number by seventy five years, because I'm hoping live that long. Here's what I discovered if I can it using twitter in the same way. But of my life. I would spend one point: eight million menace of my life on Twitter, that's twelve hundred and fifty days or about three point. Four year. I kept staring at that number three point four years and I fell sick to my stomach. It didn't seem possible

by math doesn't why this was the future. I was building through my daily choices and quote France's work cause me to sit down and do the math. I came up with similar numbers. I could have been the same paragraph just the two twitter for Instagram and sentences. My things how I can use an extra two to three hours a week. A lot of things come to mind like going to additional crossway classes. Reading learning french nap going on adventures of low, again, etc. Also, worth considering the work of Doktor Alex you, John Kim Pang, paying is attack, forecaster, scholar, Stanford and author in board and brilliant manoush zomorodi profile Things work and research summer roadie wrote quote on the then tech front. We discovered a community of buddhist monks and nuns who are avid social media users. They blog tweet uptake.

Status and hold online meditation sessions. The mindset of the modern monks blew him away because they don't see a division between virtual and physical reality for them all These are the same. Distraction doesn't come from device. Is or people or things they position. It is an internal problem and quote if my tendency towards distraction and progress nation is an internal issue. Dennis ocean lies within me. Two things approach to contemplative computing. Inspired me to take a break from social media. Bill twenty eighteen, I won't be on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. I haven't taken in and bright from social media. Since I wrote my first print book and thousands twenty ten, I'm curious to see how the they go impact me. I won't be totally offline, gives up blogging regularly. Ensuring updates was patrons, and last but not least, I am still ticking daily photo of my morning view bottom. Sharing the photo and social media

so pondering whether or not I want to continue my photography project. The five year anniversary is does on January, first, twenty eighteen and five years fields nice numbered and on you just listen to the poles titled, why I'm taking a social media sabbatical by Tammy struggle of ruddy in Stockholm and big thanks again to my sponsor of today's episode. Talk space tax bases The online there be company that less he send your therapist audio messages, video messages, text messages or you can do a lie. Video chat taxpayer are fully licence and have thousands of ours of supervised professional training. Listen. I wrote in Irish can read some of this quote. I contacted talk space with the dust how we can use for being a well de listeners wow. I worked with other councillors in the past, but this service is so much better. The counselor is wonderful. I really like this I of counselling, because it allows me to communicate

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