How Social Media Takes your Time and get you Hooked!

 

Social media is frying our brains very much. Some times without even knowing we take our phone and start to scroll without even thinking. It is in a flow state. We are totally addicted to something in our phone. And when you realize it, you will start to see things more clearly. We lose our time more and our energy more in mobile. It also has become worst in some ways too.

 In this blog we will cover the use of social media and it draw backs. And we will see how to use it effectively.

Eats Time

Just take your time to think about the tasks you did from morning to evening. When you reflect on the things you did from the time you woke up and to the time you go to bed. You will start to see how much time you have used in your mobile phone.

You wake up and the first thing you do might be searching or your phone. Scrolling to Instagram or other medias is taking our soul away. We cannot even think clearly because of it. First thing you need to do is calculate how much time you are using your mobile. How to do that? Your mobile itself has the answer. See for yourself how much screen time you have used your mobile.

Addiction to scrolling

This has turned out to be an addiction for some people. I stayed with my friend for quite a while and the first thing he does after waking up is scrolling on Instagram. He scrolls for about an hour in the morning and after that he hurries like hell to get ready for the job. Then he says there is no time for him to do anything productive.

When you scroll and scroll for some time. You will get bored but the algorithm is used in order to get you hooked in the social media. You will never know that you are addicted until you try to quit.

Affects your mind

When you keep on getting stimulated by your mobile it starts to affect your mind in some ways. You cannot be you and you don’t even know about yourself first. You cannot think about anything other than watching entertainment. Your mind will get fully brain fogged and you cannot think clearly.  

Even music industry had gone different. We cannot stay without music. We use head phones and listen to music. Music is in every place we go. We are all addicted to music mainly than to out phone. Those frequency is in our brain more than ever.

Algorithm

This is the very interesting thing to talk about. When you talk about something or the things you want to buy with others. Have you ever noticed your mobile phone suggests it before even you searched for it? Your phone is like a spy and it leaks out information of you every time. What you want? All the things are being taken from your mobile.

And it suggests products to you. Your feed defines you. What is your Instagram feed or YouTube shorts filled with. These things define what you see more and what you like the most in your life right now. Some people have cinema filled in their feed and some have games, memes and other stuff.

Each person has a different taste. Just take your phone out and search for food content. Like some of the reels and come out. After that go to your feed and see. You will start to get food reels a little and if you watch more of it. Your feed will be filled with that content within minutes. This algorithm is made in order to make to stay in the platform for more time. It starts to eat your time and your brain. Some people cannot stay without their phones, they will take it with them to bathroom and every place they go.  

Social media has gone wild

It is not the same as before. At first, we were using it for good purpose. But now something has changed. People have started to live on social media. I have seen people who just hate their lives and blame everything because their life is like shit. But they post on social media and add captions like they are living like a king.

People show more greed and hate more in social media and then in real life. See for yourself what you are looking at and how much people do you hate? We hate celebrities and people we don’t like. We post harmful comments and show that they are useless. We check others and what they are doing, where are they going. Why? we have to do all these things.

Hate has poisoned us.  Some people are born differently. We even put funny comments there and hurt people who are disabled. We are getting hooked on to other people lives but we are forgetting the fact that we have our own life to live.

Good side and Bad side

Some guy say that they are in good side of Instagram and they enjoy using it well. But remember one thing your phone is not your life. What phone do you have? No body cares about it. What are you and what do you stand for?

Some of my friends are thinking that showing off in Instagram and posting photos will get you girls. So, they are buying iPhone and bikes which are costlier. Then they get caught in the trap of debt. The good side of social media is to use it very effectively.

The bad side is people start to hate other for something that they are doing. See what you like the most but many political and extremists follow a rule. They make you follow something and make you spread hate on social media. I like eating non-vegetarian but sometimes I eat vegetarian too. Who are you to tell me to eat only this and don’t eat that. It is my wish and I can eat whatever I want. It is my money. Same goes for masculinity and LGBTQ. Every man has their own rights to follow things he wants but you should not think that everybody must be like you.  

Beliefs and Polarization

we are exposed to information that we like and we are not exposed to other information. We are being kept hooked to entertainment more than anything. We consume entertainment more than ever before. We do things for fun. That fun things are being framed by others. We are just living some life based on what we consume. Having this product and eating in this hotel will make us happy. No, it is your job to find what you like the most. I like working out every day and drawing.

We have different beliefs and structure in our lives. But we don’t have to spread it and make all other people to follow it. If you want to follow some cult, do it if you like it. But you don’t have to push all your friend into it.  Spread good to others and if they like they will follow your back.   

Living Peacefully

Can you live one day without your mobile phones? Yes, you can live without too. Start to do the things you wish you could do after your work. If you wish to do something good it will come to you and you must make time for it. Don’t think about what others will think of you in social media or don’t be scared of any hateful comments.

Be happy that you are living your life to the fullest. Life has changed help as many people as you can with your words or with your money. Help them become better in their life. You also will get better eventually.   Start to write things you wish you could. Go out for a walk without your mobile.

We are just living in a virtual world not in the real world. Start to be great person in real life and don’t even care about social media. Your life is like a game, you just have to upgrade yourself more every day. Become better every day. Every day is a growth for you and you develop in some ways. But that development must be good to you and to your mind.

Conclusion

Social media consumption has gone too far. We are living our life based on what others think about us. But we are losing the fact that we have only one life to live. That one life is being stolen by our mobiles. The mobile is taking our time and making us not to think for ourselves. It is making us always busy and addicted to it. So, just think about your life and start to move on with the things you like. Life is about growth and development in our lives. It is not about spreading hate and being greedy on others. Have a good day!