Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

In the pages that follow I will describe a few practical methods you can use to release
yourself from the shackles of this particular addiction … In the meantime, it is enough for
you to begin to free yourself, by making your social media less about the meaningless
“media”, and more about the Caring “social”.
“We shape our tools, and our tools shape us.” ~ Wilson Miner
“Focus on how to BE social, not how to do social.” ~ Jay Baer
“Bring the best of your authentic Self to every opportunity.” ~ Brian Jantsch
“Connection” -- A Way OUT
“Danny did not think cocaine and computers were anything alike. But Jude had seen the
way people hunched over their screens, clicking the refresh button again and again,
waiting for some crucial if meaningless hit of information, and he thought it was almost
exactly the same.” ~ Joe Hill
So, now that an addiction to social media has been identified (and remember, this
includes email), let’s look at a few effective ways to free yourself from its grasp …
TIP #01 … REDUCE YOUR ON-LINE TIME
This one is pretty obvious, actually – simply choose to spend less time on-line; a lot less
time on-line. One of the best ways to do so is to schedule your Internet time at the
beginning of each week, and then stick to your schedule – NO MATTER WHAT. When
you are working on your computer outside of your “on-line time”, close all web browsers
and “smart applications” that might tempt you to “just check in for a second”. Or use an
old-fashioned alarm clock to wake you each morning so your cell phone doesn’t linger
nearby while you are sleeping.
Essentially, if you need more than one hour a day on-line, then you do indeed have a
serious addiction, and could very well stand to earnestly reevaluate your life and how you
are living it.
“By not tweeting, you are tweeting.
By not tweeting, you are sending the message
that there are far more important things to be doing
with the limited time we all have.” ~ anonymous
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