No-Guilt Social Media

Instead of feeling guilty for watching too much YouTube, or doing too much Instagram,  or being on Twitter too much, do this:

1. Ask yourself what you’d do if you weren’t watching YouTube or posting on FB. What activity would help you feel virtuous and like you are using time wisely? What would the ideal you do with this time?
2. Do that activity for 30 minutes and then go back to your Twitter, Instagram, or TV.
3. If 30 isn’t working, do 15. Put it on your calendar and do it daily. And remember that doing it daily erases any culpability for the time you spend on social media.

There’s no need to do anything dramatic or force yourself off social media altogether. Make a little space for whatever feels virtuous and leave feelings of guilt behind.