2058: What I Learned from a 3 Month Social Media Detox by Shirley of Daring Living on Personal Growth

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

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Shirley Huang of Daring Living shares her discoveries from a 3-month social media detox Episode 2058: What I Learned from a 3 Month Social Media Detox by Shirley of Daring Living on Personal Growth Shirley is a Certified Life Coach who helps driven women create joy and success through brain-based coaching, self compassion, and emotional resilience. The original post is located here: https://daringliving.com/social-media-detox/ Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for small businesses. Get 3 months free once you run your first payroll with our link: Gusto.com/OLD Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2058. What I learned from a three-month social media detox
0:06.6	by surely of daringliving.com and I'm Justin Mollick. Welcome to Optimal Living Daily,
0:11.8	OLD or old. The show where I read to you from articles that I think are amazing with permission
0:17.4	from the authors. One article a day every single day of the year all to help you live a more
0:22.0	meaningful life. And here on this show that covers personal development or self-help,
0:27.0	minimalism, inspiration, motivation, all that fun stuff. So with that let's get right to another
0:32.8	post as we optimize your life. What I learned from a three-month social media detox by surely
0:43.2	of daringliving.com. Early this year I was feeling completely overwhelmed with work,
0:49.6	classes, and a couple personal commitments. Despite knowing I had many things to do every day,
0:55.2	I was on social media more than ever before. Simply put, I was addicted. I realized I wasn't feeling
1:01.8	as happy and as focused as I wanted to be. So I quit. And this is what I learned. Here are my
1:08.6	toxic associations with social media. I'm sure we've all been guilty of them at some point.
1:14.0	Number one, distraction and procrastination. Whenever I felt stressed, tired, or simply didn't
1:20.8	want to face to task at hand, my hand would unconsciously reach out and open the Instagram app.
1:26.2	Then I'd be on a scrolling loop until I snap out of it after at least 30 minutes in,
1:30.5	often a lot longer. I feel bad and hate myself for doing it, but that didn't stop me from doing
1:36.1	it again the next time. It was a way to hide from all the problems in real life. During my detox,
1:42.2	I caught myself several times at the beginning, still unconsciously reaching for my phone,
1:46.9	attempting to open the deleted apps. What I learned, I treated social media as an easy escape,
1:53.1	instead of facing real problems and work and opening up to feel the negative emotions.
1:58.6	Number two, fear of missing out. When everyone is constantly uploading photos of attending events
2:04.5	and gatherings, it is very easy to feel left out sometimes. You wished you were there and wondered
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