I am a Facebook addict! I spend almost 1-2 hours (or more) on social networks on a daily basis. *sigh*
I was reading this article over the weekend: “Can we be both makers and managers?” [Link to the article], which explains it’s important to manage your roles as a human being when it comes to creation and management. Reading while jumping hyperlinks I landed on this post by Paul Jarvis on Productivity where he says:
“I suck at multi-tasking. Not just doing more than one thing at a time, but being interrupted when doing one task by something else. This comes mostly in the form of notifications on your computer or phone. Someone liked your photo on Instagram? Someone @’ed you on Twitter? A file was uploaded to Dropbox? New email?!
I’ve managed to not miss anything or forget anything in the 2 years since I’ve killed all notifications. Instead, I use the program I’m using at any given time, and when I’m done, I move onto something else. So I only see Twitter when I log into Twitter. I only see my inbox when I open up my email program. Focus works.”
After reading this, I logged out of my social accounts. It just felt the urgent need of doing that as I always end up going on facebook or other social channels every few minutes (say 30-40 mins) and end up seeing the same news feed I have seen earlier. It serves me no good and I waste my time in the process. Why I land up on my social accounts that often? Because:
- I want to know what’s happening in or around the world (I have FOMO – Fear of missing out)
- I want to share interesting some stuff – I realised I am not a social media manager nor my job description includes that. I do that on a personal level, and if I do it personally, I can do it any time of the day, week or month. I don’t need to be there all the time to share what I like. It should not come in between what’s important to me. Be it work, relationships, health or whatever.
Here’s my online surfing data recorded by RescueTime for November 2015:
Note: I forgot to start the OS app and only turned the Chrome extension on, so it couldn’t track my Photoshop or Sketch’s timings which could have been the productive time I have had while using my computer.
Nonetheless, I regret wasting my time surfing randomly on social networks. TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES NOW.
But, what I don’t want, is to lose my ability to share cool stuff I see or read online with my friends or/and to interested readers. I really like the newsletters I get every now and then from people or blog I have subscribed to. Two of which I enjoy reading are from Tim Ferriss (Author of The Four Hour Work Week) and Noah Kagan (CEO/Founder of AppSumo). They both have started sending newsletters with interesting stuff they see/read/do online and offline. I enjoy reading these newsletters for two reasons:
- I get to read interesting curated stuff which I wouldn’t find or find after many hours of surfing online. Plus the content they share is aligned with the stuff I like to read or know about. So they do the hard work for me. I sit back, read, learn and enjoy.
- Second, I get these newsletters directly in my inbox which is great, so that I don’t have to bookmark them or go back to some place to keep a tab on them. I read them at my own convenience and will.
So, about the changes I am going to make:
- Log out of all the social accounts. Log in once a day for a start – My target is to reduce it to once in two days in the next 6 months.
- Compile a note (on my Evernote or in a word doc) of interesting stuff I read online and share them via a blog post rather than going on Facebook or Twitter every single time I want to share them.
Let 2016 be distraction free! 🙂
– The images on your site are hilarious! You and your sis have a great thing going (IMHO).@Andrea – Thanks for the ideas surrounding Tweetnotes.@Roz – I completely agree with your peetMrcsive.@parian – Excellent thoughts for a “butt loads” of reasons.
Your answer lifts the intelligence of the debate.
OKC has the deeper roster and more complete team. All it comes down to is pressure. Will Okc be able to handle the pressure of being in the Finals? We will get a good sense of that tonight.
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My thought on networking is that too many people who fear it approach it the wrong way. Don’t think of it as doing something for yourself, think about doing it for someone else. How can you help someone else? Can you connect someone who wants something (a job, a new assignment) with someone else in that industry? Pull yourself out of it and you’re networking. I believe that in the end if you do it selflessly, it will come back to you in very good ways.
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Hiya! I know this is kinda off topic but I’d figured I’d ask. Would you be interested in exchanging links or maybe guest authoring a blog post or vice-versa? My site goes over a lot of the same topics as yours and I believe we could greatly benefit from each other. If you’re interested feel free to send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you! Wonderful blog by the way!
Tip top stuff. I’ll expect more now.
Hi Harsh,but does Google friend connect bring visits? There are a lot of social widgets out there but i would avoid to fill my pages with unuseful stuff.I am thinkg to cut out also the MyBloglog widget…
Didn’t know the forum rules allowed such brilliant posts.
That’s what we’ve all been waiting for! Great posting!
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Ã…hhh, bÃ¥de min lille datter og jeg er syge idag – og har været det i fire dage! Vi trænger til opmuntring – og til noget hun kan holde varmen med, nÃ¥r vi igen bevæger os ud i det kolde vejr. Størrelse 80-86.
Thinking like that is really impressive
The right wing has a meme where nobody watches MSNBC. Sorry, Olbermann is munching away at Billo’s audience. Too bad you don’t understand the media.
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What we’ve noticed is that the buses start from their routes at set times, so the faster they get to the end of their route the longer of a smoke break they get. They’re just as bad down here in Xiamen, I was on one once where the driver just skipped three stops even though people wanted off and people were waiting at the stops waving at him…
I don’t even use the “Homepage” instead I have my YouTube bookmark set to youtube.com /my_subscriptionsThis goes to a different page which RELIABLY shows all your unwatched videos from ALL your Subscriptions
If you wrote an article about life we’d all reach enlightenment.
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Je suis plutot d’accord avec le fait que steve jobs etait le moteur de l’entreprise. Rien qu’a voir l’action apple après l’annonce de son décès. Les traders ont du se prendre une sacré gamelle.
Witam serdecznie mam pytania.Czy dobrze rozumie że jeden jogurt to mały kubeczek kolo 200 -250ml? Czy tez ten duży 500 ml?Właśnie poszukuje ciasta do obłożenia masa cukrową ktory był by solidniejszy nieco niż biszkopt polski ale też czy pasuje do przełozenia masa? Podejrzewam że jest bardziej wilgotny czy ponczuje go pani jeszcze po za tym?
Jeff Van Gundy has been out of my life too longThat “I was in combination classes when I was younger- third/fourth grade… so they could be in the same classroom” response to Mark Jackson on Kobe and MJ being in the same class was top tier
Steven Hill is Rebbe Hill’s father, I believe. …and the Marvelous Middos Machine and all of Shmuel Kunda’s tapes including “When Zaide was Young” are timeless classics 12/01/2012 | 11:12 PM
We definitely need more smart people like you around.
Smart thinking – a clever way of looking at it.
Be careful Madhur! I probably deleted some orphan files that may cause me even more problems. I want to hire someone who knows a lot about mysql. When deleting those rss files, they are supposed to be deleted in pairs…the original, and a matching one with the time stamp.
disse:Bela peça de marketing!Sem contar que a idéia é genial. Poxa! 6×1!Detalhe. Marketing (somente rs) não vence conflitos.Mas mantém um competidor na parada.[]s
invisiblenek igaza van. Nem anyázni kellene, hanem a majmos staffnak feléleszteni a makit, a mikrónak meg egy használható oldalt csinálni és kivágni maguk közül a vayához hasonló hatalomittasult kis görcsöket. Komolyan akkora hasznot hajt vaya az egész oldalnak hogy megéri maguk közt tartani? Mindenki csak szidja őt, egy csomó vita alakul ki a személye körül. Egy rosszindulatú ember aki amint egy kis hatalmat kapott a kezébe egyből istennek érezte magát.
anupama- my pleasure- welcome to blogginguma- welcome to bloggingall- i guess all of us are trying not to let this affect us or our families but the amount of alerts from almost strangers and the media coverage on this matter is alarming
This is a very sad day I have followed the Chairman for thirty five years and love them more each time. When my niece turned 21 we saw them at the Longbranch in Raleigh and she has loved them every since. You were always guaranteed a great show whether it was inside or outside at the Triangle Beach Festival. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Thanks for all the wonderfuls shows and memories.Cindy McDougaldSanford,NC
We need more insights like this in this thread.
még annyi, hogy Å‘k nem próbálkozásokat akarnak, hanem kÃsérletet. Próbálkozni az egyszeri ember szokott, kÃsérletezni, mérni mérnökök, tudósok. A rakétákat pedig nem az elÅ‘bbi tÃpus tervezi.Tetszik / Egyetértek: 2 Az értékeléshez be kell
Rebecca!! I can hear your voice through your writing, and I LOVE IT!! Thank you for your realness and your honesty. Both of which are so refreshing! One of my favorites is Francine Rivers, most especially her book, “Redeeming Love.” That was the book that got me into reading. I couldn’t put it down.