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How to manage digital distractions
The impact of technology on mental health
The importance of setting boundaries
1. Minimize Your Online Accounts
First of all, reduce the number of emails you own to just two. One for personal use and one for your job/business.
These days every website requires an email address for creating an account. Most of the time we never use that account a second time. But those websites that we created our account on keep sending us spam.
So, go to your inbox and check the accounts you have created over the years. Delete the ones you no longer use.
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2. Unsubscribe from Email Newsletters
Take a tour of your inbox and check how many newsletters you subscribed to a long time ago which you no more read. Chances are that they would be plenty of them. Because whenever you visit a website for the first time, it invites you to register for their newsletter.
Only keep the newslette...
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3. Simply Your Social Media
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 (...
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5. Go Off the Grid
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 thes...
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4. Turn off Notifications
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...
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