This is Stephen Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today, a rant and a tip. Social media. I just love social media. Actually, I don't. I'm addicted to social media, and that's not really the same thing at all.

So it's time to write a breakup letter. Dear glorious social media, it's not really the same thing at all. So it's time to write a

breakup letter. Dear glorious social media, it was good, but now it's over. You're my number

one time, drain. You pull me away from high quality in-person friendships with the glowing promise

of pixelated friends consumed at my leisure, where awkwardness vanishes at the click

of an unfollow button. You keep me stressed and riled up about topics that are hot and emotional,

while hiding the topics that are more boring, but are much more important. You've reduced my

attention span to 30 seconds, and I can't even read two consecutive paragraphs anymore. Oh, and let's be honest,

you give me propaganda, falsehoods, and sensationalism. If I went back to spending my free time,

reading on my own, or taking a class, I'd be much smarter. Social media, it's been easy to

write this letter, but I can't quite follow through. Social

Media. I wish I knew how to quit you. There's a lot wrong with social media, but for many

of us, it feels great. Feels great doesn't mean that it is great. Sugar feels great. Heroin, from what I've been told, feels great.

Refined carbs, great. And that's the thing about addiction, is it makes your brain feel great

even when something is actually bad for you. Social media doesn't bring you closer.

Bernice, the owner of Green Growing Things Plant Stores, says that her social media interactions

with friends brings them closer and closer together.

So we took the social media challenge.

Go to your favorite social media platform and read one of the conversations, out loud,

with a friend.

What you'll discover is that what felt

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