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I’ll be honest, even while writing the title for this post “30 Day Social Media Detox Challenge to Help You Live in The Moment” I was skeptical as to who would actually do this challenge.
It’s like most other challenges – Hard. It really does challenge you to not look at your phone for hours on end as you drag your finger across while scrolling, liking, commenting on all or any types of social media (SM).
This challenge should motivate you to do something else!
Something else instead of having to look to your phone for guidance, inspiration, knowledge, appreciation and/or approval. You can find other, much more stable and correct ways of attaining all those qualities and/or feelings outside of the social media realm.
We just have to be strong enough to resist the urge!
How do we resist the urge? By knowing and then by doing better.
Did you know that 2 NEW studies show the direct causal effect that social media has on our health? Specifically our mental health?
The results indicate that the more time you spend on social media, the more likely you are to be depressed, anxious, lonely, suffer from low self esteem and worse begin experiencing thoughts of committing suicide.
Those results are scary.
And they should want you to decrease your time spent on social media because the results also indicate that the less amount of time you spend scrolling and liking, the better your mental health is and the happier you will be too!
So now that you know better, start to do better too. Begin your challenge now!
30 Day Social Media Detox Challenge to Help You Live in The Moment!
First 15 days:
1) No status updates until 5 pm.
2) No scrolling on SM (social media) until 12 pm.
3) No glancing at your phone while working and/or in class all day.
4) Spend 3 hours consecutively without looking at any SM.
5) Limit total SM use to 1 hour today.
6) Workout/exercise WITHOUT looking at any type of SM for the duration of the exercise.
7) No SM after 6 pm.
8) Meditate for 5 mins today.
9) Avoid looking at your phone while eating any meals today.
10) Spend the entire morning without looking at any social media.
11) Limit total SM use to 45 mins for the entire day.
12) When you’re out with someone today avoid looking at social media (or your phone).
13) Avoid looking at SM updates on your phone or laptop today.
14) Journal what your hopes, dreams, and plans are for the future.
15) Meditate for 10 mins today.
Last 15 days:
16) Avoid scrolling any SM until 6 pm.
17) Limit total SM use to 30 mins today.
18) SM free morning.
19) Don’t stalk anyone online under the category of ‘no longer present in my life.’
20) Avoid scrolling until 8 pm.
21) Look at your journal and edit and/or add more things to it.
22) Meditate for 15 mins today.
23) No social media updates all day long.
24) Limit total SM use to 15 mins all day.
25) No stalking anyone new or old today.
26) Avoid scrolling any SM all day.
27) No Instagram, Twitter, FB, Snapchat, or TikTok all day!
28) Journal how your plans for the future will come to fruition.
29) Meditate for 20 mins today.
30) Ask friends/family to join your challenge next time!
Please be sure to save this and share it with others in your community!
Stay happy, stay healthy!
