Q: Socially Outcasted? A: I’ve been constantly pestered about | Abhinav’s Channel

Q: Socially Outcasted?

A: I’ve been constantly pestered about the fact that social media is something i’m missing out on. I’ve always known the right reasons why I quit these platforms but I have always struggled to collate and express those thoughts earlier.

1. My time
It’s estimated that an average person generally spends about ~2.5 hours of their day on social media platforms. It’s insane! Instead I use that time to interact with people, speak to them on phone or physically and more so to read amazing books! :)

2. Evil Platforms
There’s just a lot of articles / movies / series around it. I’m just gonna say it. These platforms are absolute money making businesses. They hire attention engineers to help you stay on the platform by showing you relevant content constantly and indefinitely. On top of that, they profile you to an absolutely bare level like which drink you ordered at Starbucks and what you could potentially watch in the next 2 hours. Don’t believe me, but listen to people who you admire on the internet when they say that it is not okay to do so. Absolutely not. Privacy first, always.

3. Dopamine
I think everyone is pretty familiar with this. Your mind is constantly being trained to crave for receiving notifications constantly. You are quite literally waiting for it. This causes attention disorders (and equivalent jargons) and doesn’t let you be productive or function at an amazing pace, and trust me, it sucks to give 80% of what you are capable of.

Q: So where do I receive content from and where do I communicate with my close ones, right?

A: Well, Here! I am available on telegram. If you are reading this post, you’re part of the channel which is very closely knit. Mostly everyone who is close to me is in this channel or I speak to them over call.
For content, I rely on twitter (have consciously deleted the app, I just use the web version) to consume my field related content and daily gyaan. I sometimes find myself scrolling on twitter but I’m never overdoing it or getting pestered with notifications.

You should consider taking a social sabbatical (this is copied). And trust me, trust me, trust me, you will not loose out on anything, but there’s just everything to gain, plus compounding works!!

Love you all, stay safe and Peace!