4. Avoid Quick Pleasures

Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop. Every behavior that is highly habit-forming from most basic habitual behaviors like eating food, drinking water, having sex to taking drugs, playing video games, browsing social media.

• The habit formation is depend on the frequency of the ac...

• Check social media sites just twice a day. Once mid-morning, so you’re not starting your day with social media, and again late afternoon.
• Keep a maximum of two portals of instant messaging that friends and colleagues can contact you on.
• Choose those you ‘foll...

Social media has many good qualities but is also fraught with challenges for people who are socially anxious. They may feel as self-conscious as they would face to face. They may think that they don't have anything to say, that they come across as boring, or that people may think they're ...