3. Controlling our social media addiction + our advice

Hello beautiful listeners, Why are we so addicted to social media? In our third episode, we discuss the drug that is social media and the way it has been designed to keep you tied to it. We express the harmful effects that social media has on our daily life and what you can do to be more intentional with your social media usage. Monica shares the lessons she has learnt from her social media break and how it has benefited her life. Some of our advice includes deleting social media apps that harm your self esteem and create feelings of comparison, muting and unfollowing people on social media, using app limits and downtime, swapping morning Instagram scrolling for an online course or activity and dedicating real time to friendships not just by commenting on their posts but by spending undivided time with them. We highly recommend you watch ‘The Social Dilemma’ on Netflix where tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking. Podcast recommendation: ‘Your Undivided Attention’ by Tristan Harris and Ada Raskin expose the hidden designs that have the power to hijack our attention, manipulate our choices and destabilise our real world communities. More on: www.humanetech.com Make sure you check out Marta and Maija’s podcast at ‘In Our Twenties’ available on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify where they discuss everything from pop culture, politics, college and much more! (Monica got the opportunity to be a guest on their podcast too).