5 Tips to Simplify Your Online Life

You don’t need to have an account on every social media platform. Try to use only one social media platform. Also, delete the unused social media accounts.

Control the urge to post everything on social media. The less frequently you post on social media, the less time you will spend on it (responding to comments and likes).

Similarly, you don’t need to keep social media apps on your phone because these apps are the most distracting apps on your phone. Get rid of them in the first place. It is better to use social media on your PC.

Every app you download comes with a lot of notifications. Most of these notifications are useless. Customize the notification setting for each app and website and only keep the keep ones.

Social media apps like Facebook and Twitter send a lot of notifications e.g who liked your photo or who liked your tweet etc. Whenever these kinds of notifications are received we rush to the app for instant gratification and drain our productivity.

Instead, it is better to respond to all likes and comments at once.

From time to time, unplug disconnect your online life and spend some time with your family, friends, or alone in nature. Explore new hobbies and interests that are not related to the internet e.g. Reading paper books, going to the gym.

For example, ‘Screenless Saturday’ is very popular these days where people refrain from using the internet and any screen on Saturday. Some people set a day every month where they don’t use the internet on that particular day. Some netizens refrain from using social media on weekends. Similarly, you can decide to go offline for at least one day per month.