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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is about how to enjoy social media responsibly, without losing hours down rabbit holes

that you didn't mean to jump into.

Every year, news surveys point out how much time people spend on social media and messaging platforms.

One recent report claimed that among people who do use the internet,

the average was 142 minutes per day,

or two hours and 22 minutes.

This is quite a bit of time.

Just for comparison's sake, if you use that time to read War and Peace instead,

you'd be done in less than two weeks,

and it's not a short book.

Of course, this time isn't all wasted. Some is, sure. But the amount

of time we spend on social media is complicated by the reality that these days many people

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