So, how come I’m not advocating we all should burn our smartphones, move to the deep forest, buy typewriters and start sending letters all over the place? You can’t I’ve spent the past 815 words bashing social media like it’s the devil. How does these 36 hours contribute to getting you closer to what you want in life? Why Not Stop All Social Media? How does it compare to how many hours of reading you are doing? And hours of talking to friends? Hours of playing? I think it’s reasonable to ask ourselves how these 36 hours compare to other activities in our every day life. I don’t want to spend more time reading click-bates on Facebook than reading good books. That is, while waiting for the elevator, commuting and so forth.įor me, however, the problem is the total amount of garbage that I consume. That means that Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger costs about 80 minutes a day.Įxtrapolating from the rule that 90% of everything is crap: We are consuming 36 hours of crap every month.Ī common objection to this is “But I only use social media in-between activities”. Using the phone a few minutes here and there adds up.Īccording to an article in business Insider we spend 50 minutes a day on Facebook (Including Instagram and Messenger).Īnother article states that Snapchat users spend 30 minutes a day on their app. To do deep work we must learn to be bored.
Just a peek to see if there are any red notifications who wants my attention. Your brain wants a small reward to keep on going. Deep work can only occur from long uninterrupted periods of time. An addiction.ĭeep Work is the name of a book by Cal Newport. If you stimulate the brain every time you encounter something that is boring you start a habit. I get bored out of my mind trying to write this.I get bored during the second between waking up and hitting the snooze button.I get bored when I walk from my desk to the kitchen.I get bored while the teabag sits in the hot water.I get bored when my computer is starting up.If you’re like me, you check your phone much more. That is not the behavior of a present person, nor of a particularly happy one.Īnd the habit of constantly consuming dopamine snacks has more negative effects. I’ve been using my cellphone 100 times a day for long periods of time. You can’t have a meaningful conversation without being present. You can’t smell the rain without being present. You can’t enjoy food without being present. Checking a few Instagram photos while the friend is getting to the point.īut, you can’t live a good life without being present. We can’t blame our friends though, it’s hard to compete with the dopamine you get from checking your phone. It’s not, though.Įver found yourself zoning out while listening to a friend over coffee? Maybe they spoke about something that wasn’t very interesting. I decided to snap a photo of the cat sleeping by the pool.Īnd then, finally, I decided to stop the madness. When does it become cool to hang out with your parents? Does it ever? Ten years ago it might have been social suicide to share such a thing. Maybe it’s kind of cool to share that I am sharing this moment with my mother. But then again, maybe it will intrigue people?
A true adventurer.īut what if I appear lonely? Just me and a beer and a sunset. And the fact that I’m in Uruguay, of course. Maybe I seem more interesting enjoying the sunset and beer alone. This is a Uruguayan sunset.”Īlthough I was not sure if I should have my mother in the video. I wanted my message to be clear: “This is not a just another sunset. And I should probably use a geo-tag to show everyone I’m in Uruguay. Then I thought maybe a short video might do the occasion more justice. Then I took one with the beer in the foreground. Then I opened Snapchat and took another one. I smiled at my mother, the deep orange sunset was reflected in her sunglasses. The glass left a wet circle on the oak table.
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