&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ve all been there&&num;8230&semi;you have an hour to kill before dinner and decide to take a look at social media&period; Before you know it&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re scrolling mindlessly through your third grade classmate&&num;8217&semi;s mom&&num;8217&semi;s dog account wondering how you got so deep into the web&period; Next thing you know&comma; social media is the first thing you check in the morning and the last thing you check at night&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;straphie&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;image-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-13344"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This addiction is quite normalized in the digital age but some have noticedly a drastic decrease in their mental wellbeing and its taken time away from doing other important tasks&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So if you are in the midst of trying to gain more mental energy and time back&comma; here is a easy trick that has proven to be extremely helpful&colon; <strong>temporarily delete the account for at least a week&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;straphie&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;image-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-13345"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When you temporarily delete your social media accounts &lpar;and might we add start by deleting your favourite one&rpar;&comma; <strong>you are limiting yourself from mindlessly going on social media <&sol;strong>just because you are bored or because it has become habitual&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>It is also important to<&sol;strong> <strong>think of your time away from social media not only as a &&num;8220&semi;break&&num;8221&semi; but as if you&&num;8217&semi;re never going to go back on the platform<&sol;strong>&period; This way&comma; your mind will focus not on what you can post in the future but on how you are going to improve your real life in the future&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;10px 0 10px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;straphie&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;image-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-13346"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After a while&comma; you will notice that<strong> you don&&num;8217&semi;t really care <&sol;strong>about what other people are up to all the time&period; You will also <strong>feel more disconnected with others <&sol;strong>only to realize that the &&num;8220&semi;connection&&num;8221&semi; of likes&comma; comments&comma; or viewing each others stories was not real&period; <strong>Everything else though in your daily life will start to feel more real&period; <&sol;strong>You also won&&num;8217&semi;t mind <strong>feeling alone<&sol;strong> and don&&num;8217&semi;t <strong>feel pressure to do something all the time<&sol;strong> just for the sake of sharing it with others&period; Slowly&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re going to <strong>like yourself <&sol;strong>a bit more too &colon;&rpar; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When your extended period is up&comma; you may think you miss social media a lot but only to realize you don&&num;8217&semi;t care as much as you thought&period;<strong> And each time you temporarily delete it&comma; the more and more disconnected you will be with your screen&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Good luck with your journey to a less social media addiction lifestyle&excl; 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