More than 4 million Dutch people want to quit social media, but don't. That's bizarre, right?! Especially when you read in the recent research by Newcom.nl that the average Dutch person scrolls around on social media 30 days a year, 30 days of 24 hours... That's not normal, is it?! Then you spend a whole month on, well, what exactly?
This, the outcome of the national social media survey, was the reason for EditieNL to interview me again. They asked me a lot of nice questions, but they were cut to the chase, so I now go through life as a kind of ex-addict. But I don't really care about that as long as I can help other people with it. Because not everything has been broadcast, of course, here is my podcast with some more context. Enjoy!
🔥 Contents in brief
You will get answers to these questions:
- When did you stop social media?
- Why did you stop?
- How did the environment react?
- How did you stop?
- Did you find that difficult?
- Do you have any tips for quitting social media?
🔥 Some tips for you if you want to cut down yourself
- Put your mobile phone on silent as much as possible and turn off the vibrate function anyway. Clear out the apps, throw away what you no longer need.
- Clear out your socials that you no longer use.
- Give yourself a 30-minute block one day, for example during lunch, to check your socials.
- Leave your cell phone in your bag or in a fixed place in the house. Make sure it doesn't come into the bedroom or go to the toilet with it. It is also preferable not to have mobile phones on the table while eating.
- Get out into nature more and find a fun, new hobby.
- Unfollow everything and everyone that no longer makes you happy. Remove yourself from stupid WhatsApp groups and feel free!
- Do the Digital Detox , available at Happlify, for a limited time at a discount.
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Have fun with the SYSO podcast, do you have any tips, questions, suggestions or would you just like to let me know what you thought (nice!)? Send an email to hello@sellyourstuffonline.nl or leave a message below.
🔥 Useful links & credits from this podcast
- do the Digital Detox from Happlify now with a big discount. Even if you only gain back 15 days in a year. Imagine what you can do with that time!
- SYSO podcast #01 - Less social media, but what then?
- Take the poll and make every podcast even more fun
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Mindlessly scrolling on social media from one post to the next. Just read the comments *swipe, swipe* until I no longer remember what I was looking for. Did I even have a goal? Um, how long was it?! Hm, if you recognize this a bit, you are ready for a digital detox.
Time flies, the years when your kids smoked at Zwitsal flew by, suddenly you are no longer waiting in the schoolyard and you get the feeling that life really is finite and everything passes.
Dramatic: yes. That's realistic and since we got that smartphone, we spend an average of more than 2 hours a day on... yes on what, actually?
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