I had to delete my social media to focus on studying and work. How do...

jama 8 months

I had to delete my social media to focus on studying and work. How do you balance being addicted to social media with real life?

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kalil.garcia

I was having this problem a lot too! For me, I started using an app called Foqos that basically blocks me from entering social media or whatever app I don’t want to use when I want to focus, and the only way to unlock it is using an NFC chip or card. It’s similar to Brick, if you’ve heard of it, but free.

8 months

juvenlee_surrealart

I did the same, and then found this place and now I'm here all the time. Honestly I've just leaned into it. I post as soon as I wake up to get that urge out of the way. I've stopped trying to censor myself or curate my feed. I get less and less engagement because it's so manic, but I also feel more authentic and real. Plus the less and less engagements got me moving further and further away from the app. I guess I try to act as genuinely as I can on here. That seems, for me, the most sympathetic of both "worlds".

8 months

hidden

i think temporarily deleting it is the way to go because app time limits have a work around

8 months

kings_world

Just had to be like girl what are you doing… touch some grass. And then I did

8 months

jcp

Im addicted to my phone for sure. Im on my phone at work, at home, everywhere. I long for popularity and some sort of fame. Right now it would take too much energy and effort to try and break it.

8 months

hidden

Figure out ways to cure the brainrot then you'll be alright

8 months

chrisgardener

Switch off all notifications for social media it helps reduce the frequency you are drawn into looking at it also removing the app icon from your home screen and un saving passwords so you have to physically type it every time you want to use it becomes more of a chore to look at it actively discouraging our brains from wanting to go on it

8 months

tofubrat

I deleted IG and have felt such peace since… gives me good reason to study or read a book.

8 months

jama

@kalil.garcia Is Foqos a paid app? I installed the Opal app, but the free version lets you unlock apps, and the paid version is way too expensive

8 months

kalil.garcia

@jama Foqos is fully free! The only thing that costs money is if you want to use an NFC tag to unlock your apps you have to buy them from anywhere, which I recommend because it makes it more difficult to “cheat”! But you don’t have to have that, you can block and unblock manually for free.

8 months

hidden

Freedom app 🦋

8 months