Are We Becoming Too Addicted To Social Media?

I wake up. Get ready for the day and then check my twitter/instagram before having breakfast. And then I have another check on the way to work before getting my book out. Another check in my break. And then in the evening after dinner, I'll stay on and off while watching YouTube and Netflix till 9pm and then switch everything off. Then an hour of reading before lights out at 10pm.

Does that sound like too much? Can you guys relate to that?


For me it's become a different kind of 'addiction' in recent years. Before it was to see what my friends were up to and who was talking about what in online fan bases like the Diamonds (Marina and the Diamonds). Now I have a blog, it's to check my twitter to see what bloggers are up to, to see if I got any notifications - and how many, updating my instagram and checking how well my blog posts and videos are doing.

And I keep doing it. Every day and every week. And I admit I am going on it less and there was even a point last week when I didn't look at instagram for two days. BUT that's not to say I nor we have no addiction. I admire those who are able to take a two or three week break from everything - especially if it's their job. If you're earning money from your online presence then it can be even harder to break the habit and 'live in the moment' as they say.



EVEN when I'm not online, in the back of my mind I'm still thinking about social media. What I'm going to tweet and promote, what posts to write, what video to film and whether my instagram is looking ok. I might be a perfectionist in that aspect haha. So, I'm guessing this post is the point where I come to realise I need to strip my activity back a bit. I'm already posting a bit less on here, and I want to aim to walk more, read even more and maybe do something different. (To keep off my phone for the past two days I've been working on my scrapbook and it's been so much fun!)

What can we do as bloggers and internet people to cut our addiction from checking social media? Where can we find that thrill of getting so many notifications and likes on a tweet/pic?

Well, we could try limiting our usage to so many hours a day, maybe a morning and evening only check in, then switch our phones off. And talking of Marina, she's created a beautiful new blog and highlighted on all this in her post here. I'm for sure going to take a leaf out of her book and try and live my life in the moment more. And not constantly on my blog and the internet...