How do I avoid using social media?


Social media gives you spurts of dopamine (the chemical in your brain that makes you feel good) every 5 seconds. A new tweet, a new Instagram picture, a like here, a comment there. 

Your brain becomes accustomed to seeing something new and exciting every 5 seconds. This is how social media destroys your attention span.

- Social Media Hurts Your Momentum.


Self-improvement requires a certain amount of isolation from social obligations. It’s tough to get better when you are constantly going out and ‘to chill’.

Let’s say that you spend a week working on yourself – you’re exercising, you’re reading, you’re avoiding junk food, etc. And then you log on to Facebook and see that your friend Susan has been touring Europe and drinking and having a very merry time.

You feel jealous and you wonder why you’re working so hard. You feel that you also deserve to have fun. You lose motivation and momentum.

In general, every photo on social media is either the highlight reel of someone else’s life there to make you feel insecure and jealous, or just garbage that doesn’t give you any return on your time anyway.

Even though you know that Susan is wasting her time and has nothing to look forward to except her debt payments tomorrow, you still feel jealous and resentful that you have to work hard today.

Take my word for this, avoiding social media does not make this Blog harder, it actually makes it much easier.

Once you become addicted to social media (you probably are), you'll notice that you are no longer able to read books, especially books with small text and long paragraphs. You feel distracted every few seconds, and you just can't focus for more than 5-10 minutes at a time.

This is definitely not good news for your brain, so you will completely cut social media out of your life to help your mind recover. 

Outside of business reasons, you will not use social media for the next 60 days.





















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