Self-discipline: In my opinion, self-discipline is the master
of all the tips I am sharing with you. Why self-discipline? Self-discipline
comes into play because these tips don’t work automatically without you putting
them to practice. You must first be willing to control yourself using these few
tips I am going to share with you. Self-discipline will help you do the necessary
things. You must make a conscious deliberate determined decision to adhere to
these rules else it won’t work for you.
Turn off all
Notifications: All social media messenger apps have a particular place to
turn off notifications. Like Whatsapp for example, you can turn off the sound
alert so that when there is a new message, you will not hear the sound of the notification.
No matter how focus you are, you may eventually give in to checking what your
phone is alerting you. When you check one message, another one pops in. It goes
on and on. This is a very big temptation for social media addicts. So turn off
notification sounds/ alert.
Turn your data off: When
your data is on, even though you have turned off notification, the
phone stills shows some icons that indicate unread messages which is a
temptation if you were using your phone for something else. The essence of
turning off your data is twofold. One: for you to come to social media any
time of your choice and two to prevent your friends from thinking they were
simply being ignored. This happens most times when they see you online and you’re not
replying to their messages.
Use Web instead of Messenger
app: There are times you need to be on the internet and you don’t want any distraction. Turning off your data may not be an option because you need the
internet to get your job done. The perfect solution for this is to log out of
all social app messengers and log in when
you want or simply uninstall them, then use your web browser. This will help
you to stay focus and go to the internet anytime you like.
Fix time to view all
messages: I’ve seen people damn bored turning on their data to see 1000 unread
messages. They just go over it without reading because they don’t even know
where to start. I mean I’ve experienced that
too. My formula for this is to always
view messages at a certain time in a day. You cannot be busy throughout the
day. Maybe during your tea break, or when you wake in the morning, or when you’re
back from work in the evening. You can carefully scroll and read or just skim through the
messages. No matter how many there are, using one hour in a day is not that bad
if you stick to it. By practicing this, you will never miss any important
updates. It is not advisable to see chunks of messages and just go over them
without reading. When you do this often, you come to realize that sometimes you
ask questions that have been treated already in the forum or group thereby
giving other people stress.
Priority: This
will help you put first things first. As you wake, set goals and standards for
the day or if what you do is the same thing every day, write down how your
everyday life should go. If social media is your first thing, then put it as
your number one but if it isn’t, then put it in the place where it belongs and
stick to the rules. Social media is very important sometimes to help relieve stress but when it starts putting stress on you or start making you get the necessary jobs undone, then you have to look inwards and prioritize your time.
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