3668: How to Be More Mindful on Social Media by Shirley of Daring Living on Self Improvement

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3668: Shirley shares practical strategies for reclaiming control over your digital habits, from deleting unnecessary apps to setting mindful time limits. By curating a positive online environment and tracking your usage, you can transform social media from a source of stress into a tool for intentional living. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://daringliving.com/mindful-on-social-media/ Quotes to ponder: "Do not let these notifications control you. Instead, turn off ALL the notifications for social media." "Your feed is what you’re going to consume on a regular basis. So it’s important to be intentional with curating content that would make you feel good." "Reflection is key to building self awareness. And self awareness, is key to create any change in your life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:06.0	You went from one meme to your ex's holiday photos to Googling,
0:10.0	What time do owls sleep?
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1:02.0	This is Optimal Living Daily. How to be more mindful on social media by Shirley of
1:08.5	daring living.com. And I'm just a mollick of personal narrator reading
1:12.4	to you every single day of the year with permission from the authors, and we get right to our next post
1:17.5	as we optimize your life. How to be more mindful on social media by Shirley of daringliving.com.
1:29.9	Social media. My love, hate relationship is definitely strong with this one.
1:35.1	As a marketer and content creator online, I've struggled a lot with feeling like I was
1:40.1	controlled by social media for a long time. I'd go on Instagram wanting to check something
1:45.4	and ended up spending hours, yes hours, going down a sinkhole of profiles and news feeds.
1:52.6	You know that moment when you had to keep pressing back on Instagram so many times you realized
1:56.8	you've gone in deep? Yep, that was me all All the time. Even got to a point where my relationship
2:03.8	with social media became so negative and toxic that I eventually took a social media detox.
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