This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1355, 9 Ways to Overcome Facebook Addiction by Anthony

and Garro of BreakTheTwitch.com, and I'm just a mall like the guy that reads to you every

single day of the year, including weekends and holidays, to help you live a more meaningful

and positive life, covering self-help, minimalism, and more. For now, let's get right to it

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9 Ways to Overcome Facebook Addiction by Anthony and Garro of BreakTheTwitch.com

On a day like any other outstanding at my desk working on a blog post, trying to come up with

the appropriate words to write, frustrated at my lack of progress I turned, looked out the window

for a moment, then looked back to my screen. My blog post had disappeared, but the infamous blue

and white website we all know so well had replaced it. Later that afternoon while working on

another written piece, a coworker walked into my office and interrupted me mid-sentence.

After a quick conversation I looked back at my word document and found a sentence that looked

approximately like this. The efficiencies of quantum mechanics determined that Seve Facebook.

While that sentence is 100% fabricated, the example of what happened to the end of it is 100%

true. For the second time that day I had subconsciously typed the word Facebook without realizing it

and scared the f*** out of me. I knew it was time for a change. What started out as a simple way to

connect with college classmates has become an all-encompassing communication hub where we get our news,

updates on family members while spending a heck of a lot of our time. The average user now spends

about 50 minutes per day on Facebook. I'd venture to guess that the 50 minutes aren't in a solid

block either, occurring in small 2-3 minute chunks as notifications come in throughout the day.

These bursts create small interruptions, pulling us away from what we may be doing,

eating, working on, or creating. It's no accident that Facebook brings us back as frequently as

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