đ¶ and itâs basically the only Social media platform I use….
P.S. WhatsApp & Snapchat donât count since theyâre basically messaging apps, not social media.
Before you come at me with pitchforks, hear me out.
I did a social media audit, and letâs just sayâŠit was bad. Really bad. So bad that I canât even share the results publiclyâitâs that embarrassing. But the nature of my work requires me to be active on social media, because, well⊠my work canât speak for itself.
So, what did I decide? LinkedIn.
Bonus? Itâs a Microsoft product, so dogfooding at its peak. But more importantly, I learn more, gain more, and best of allâno more political drama or random trending lifestyle news that sends me down a rabbit hole trying to figure out who the hell Mufasa is and why Aaron Pierre is he. (Aaron Pierre, thatâs Mufasa, Aaron PierreâŠ.)
And yes, we can stop singing nowâitâs embarrassing. But fun. Very whimsical. And oddly unites us all.
Locking In
Itâs my time to focusâto listen to what I want to, not just whatever lands at the top of my feed. To learn, understand AI, and actually read papers instead of mindlessly scrolling reels.
By the way, itâs been 24 hours without reels - and counting, and let me tell you:
- Iâve read a book.
- Iâve journaled.
- Iâm already on my third blog ideaâbecause ideas, am I right?
- Andddd my own mind is the only thing that distracted me from work (which, honestly, is kind of refreshing).
Itâs all in the Numbers
To make things even more interesting, my screen time dropped from 19 hours (yes, you read that rightâacross two devices) to a mere 6 hours.
âŠexceptâ5 hours and 58 minutes of that was Spotify because I left a podcast running and forgot to turn off my iPad. đ
Am I happy? Yes, and yes.
Am I still doing meaningless things here and there? Of course.
But am I happy, content, and proud? Absolutely.
If I could peek into the futureâŠ.
Will this last? I donât know. But what I do know is that the goal is to live better, and the intention is to check back in a month and see how itâs going.
Oh, and since you made it this far⊠did you check my LinkedIn profile?
Howâs the new banner and profile looking? Isnât it lovely? đ
Am I linked or locked in?