Keep the essentials. Kill the rest.
Put the phone down or why I decided to clean up my digital life
It is so easy to download yet another app and get immersed into it, but how easy it is to to break the cycle?
Small disclaimer:
I got the idea for trying this out from one of our fellow writers in Medium. Heikki Hellgren thank you for the inspiration.
This post will be a series of different posts throughout at least the month of August 2024, maybe even longer.
As my work doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be present on the social media platforms I thought that this would be a good option to go for. To paint a word picture, and to make an agreement with all of you that I will try to fulfil is the following. I am currently an active user in the following social media sites and/or applications — Facebook and Messenger, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok, X (Twitter), Reddit and maybe some that don’t come to mind that often. These apps and sites are taking up hefty amount of my personal time that could be put towards improving my home, being with my family or just doing nothing and enjoying life as it is. Thus I’m drawing a bold line between the need for the apps and the decision is that only…