I'm Not Deleting My Facebook and Instagram Accounts. Here's What I'm Doing Instead

Facebook and Instagram now feature a ‘Time Well Spent’ feature that let users know how much time they’ve spent on the apps. I decided to check the activity dashboard and learnt that I spend close to five and six hours on both platforms respectively. I wasn’t surprised that this is where all my productivity goes to die. I didn’t have to do the extreme move of deleting my accounts, I just needed to reclaim my time spent on both platforms. Reducing the time I spent on these two apps has been one of the healthiest things I have done for myself. I stopped scrolling through the Facebook News Feed and Instagram Timeline out of boredom I now scroll through my feed with more intention either when I’m trying to follow up certain updates on the news or to catch up on an intriguing post, meme or #catsofinstagram pic I might have missed. I stopped worrying about the amount of validation I got Research has proven that likes can get you a slight dopamine rush and I used to thrive on that. On my earlier days on Instagram and Facebook, I used to think a lot of what to post, constantly…
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