Should you limit your time on Social Media (or whatever is your current favorite time waster)?

What annoys me about “efficiency” motivators, is that they make you think like the purpose of your life would be… Well, efficiency. Constant, relentless efficiency. Stress about not stressing, stress to relax, rush around and worry if your every minute is spent to the fullest of it’s potential.

If you enjoy the Internet, social media, or whatever else is the current thing, your time is well spent. You enjoy it, you get something out of it. So what it may be the rest of your life. Are you concerned? If that’s as little you’re happy with (for now) dang, you’re blessed. So what your mom is not impressed and your dad is not proud. Personally, I don’t give two shits – this is also not reverse psychology unless you want it to be.

What would you rather be doing? If you can think of a better way to spend your time that doesn’t give you a massive rush of depression, don’t do it. If this is the best the world has to offer, the world should stop complaining about your attention being drawn to it… And start producing something better if your attention on social media insults it.

Same goes for your mom, dad, siblings, friends, and whoever has an issue with it; if they want your attention, they better be more entertaining than endlessly scrolling strangers’ posts.

Everybody has a natural drive.

When you scroll your social media, however, think of this: What do you want to experience first hand? The posts are like advertisements for life plans. Follow your curiosities, click links that interest you, be distracted. Once you find YOUR THING, you will follow it, without drama, in rhythm. You will find the drive and the time, you don’t need to stress about it. It will find you if you are looking.

Don’t resist your urges.

It is not safe to resist natural urges. What you can do is to channel them and find a right place for them to be expressed. Whatever you need to experience has it’s right place.

Social media is either there when the Universe is recalibrating, or it’s there to find ideas… Or to  just give you a break from constant thinking so you’ll have energy to do more the next day.

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