Don't Connect Your Social Media Accounts To Your Desktop

Deep work rules focus on multiple steps on how you can achieve your goals.

Nowadays, it has become normal to have a social media account. This normalcy is alarming because it’s a big distraction to our daily lives. You can’t help but scroll daily and endlessly....

• Tone often fails to travel online. Irony, self-mockery or dark humor can easily be parsed as bigotry for example.
• You have multiple potential audiences, some will not be sympathetic. Even on closed websites, you should consider how your words would be perceived by outsiders.
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Social media is the prime example for shallow living. As Cal points out, just because it offers a little benefit, doesn’t mean it’s worth the time we give it. You simply can’t work deeply if you feel the need to hop on social media every couple of minutes. Due to its addictive nature, social medi...