The few days I spent at Mountain QuiltFest last week were wonderful. I totally disengaged from all social media and most news reports. Know what? I slept well each night because I wasn’t mindlessly scrolling on my phone in the evenings.
Personally, I haven’t posted on FB or Instagram in months. Guess I’ve become a bit contrary in my sixth decade. I’m also not on Twitter, TikTok or any similar platform. This blog and Pinterest are about the only places where I share and save things. I do follow certain quilting, lifestyle and retirement-related content creators on YouTube, but I try to be mindful of the time spent watching said videos.
Several of the social media best practices essays I read suggested that I choose one platform and interact with my chosen platform using only the website interface. Turn off all notifications and delete all social media apps from my phone. Hmmm. Let’s give it a go.
The Book of Faces is probably the one I use most and it’s primarily for neighborhood updates and sewing related groups in which I participate. I also tend to use messenger to contact folks for whom I don’t have a phone number. IG, YT and Pinterest are now off my phone. I’ve also turned off all but the most critical notifications for everything else. We’ll see if it helps.
Hey, if someone really needs to get a hold of me, they can via phone call, text or email.
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