Like many of you, I sat glued to all forms of media yesterday.
I spent more time on Twitter in one night than I have in the past three months.
To counteract this, consider scheduling a digital break.
And you haveplentyof options, each with varying degrees of severity.
Move your devices somewhere else
This sounds simple, because it is.
If it needs to take a temporary vacation from your home office to your bedroom, great.
However, this whenever-we-want-it access can also be bad for us.
In other words, whenyoufeel ready to jump back into the fray, youll be able to.
You just wont have it interrupting your day and keeping your anxiety at a constant simmer.
Curate your social media feeds
If you want to stay plugged-in to social media, thats great.
Or maybe youre just tired of having to read anything from anyone with a particular political point of view.
There are ways to curate your feed to mitigate your stressors.
Twitter users can easily block certain words and phrases from appearing in your timelinetemporarily or permanently.
Installa surfing app extensionto sanitize your feed of content you dont want to deal with right now.
If youre on your system, itll be a little trickier to curb your social media instincts.
However, before you say goodbye forever, I do want to note that social mediacanbe useful.
It feels like a complete cesspool nowadays, but itisa great way to get firsthand knowledge of events.
Some things you really want (or need) to see.
Some things you dont.
If youre on the fence, consider doing everythingjust shyof deleting your account.
If you must, only follow other accounts or people that youactuallywant or need to read.
Treat your account like an RSS feed, not a way to actually connect with others.
