I’m beginning to understand why people take a break from Facebook from time to time. They’re a lot of complaining and grumbling and negativity and overall dissatisfaction going on.
Learn how to keep scrolling and/or curate your feed.
In other words …
- Use that snooze button.
- Unfollow people.
- Tell FB what you do or do not want to see more of when given the chance.
- Leave groups that no longer serve you or fit the flow you want to be in on a daily basis.
- FOLLOW (or turn notifications on for) the people/groups who share the kind of content you want to see so that you’re taking in messages that inspire you rather than deplete you, that lift you up rather than put you into a mood for frustration or irritation.
Also, you get to decide when you get on or get off FB. If you open it up and immediately you’re feeling more tension or frustration or irritation, etc, close the app. Go do something else.
Turn your attention to something else more worth your time, attention, and energy.
Too often we are giving our time, attention, and energy to things out of habit instead of on purpose or with intention.
In the last few days, I’ve noticed myself opening up IG or FB just out of habit. Not because I had any reason, or even desire, to go there. So I immediately shut it back down. I no longer want to initiate time there mindlessly or out of habit more than out of purpose.
Years ago, I turned off notifications for FB. So it’s not notifying me every time something happens. I come to it when I decide to come to it, not when it summons me through a notification or via a number in a red circle starting at me on my phone screen. All of that has been turned off for me otherwise my phone would be going on constantly. I don’t want that. It disturbs my peace and flow so I opted out of that.
You can do that with any app you would like to. I’m about to do it with my messenger app too. I previously had my notifications on for messenger because I used to get time sensitive business communication through messenger, but I no longer do. So that notification can also be turned off.
You may even want to go through your phone and delete apps you no longer need or use to tidy up your phone screens. Make it less overwhelming to look at. Simplify it so your mind doesn’t have to process all that every time you look at your phone 🙂
What can you do today to simplify and declutter your technological patterns?
How can you invest your time, energy, and attention more intentionally?
