Stage 2 · Lesson 6 of 7

Use social media on purpose

Social media is not all bad. It keeps you in touch with family abroad, helps you find communities, jobs and mentors, and can teach you things. The problem is unplanned use.

Try deciding in advance when and why you open each app: LinkedIn for twenty minutes on Sunday to message people, Instagram after dinner to see friends, YouTube only from a saved list of lessons. Unfollow or mute accounts that leave you comparing, anxious or angry, and follow ones that teach or encourage you. Notice how you feel after each app; that tells you more than any rule.

Common trapquitting everything in a burst of guilt, then coming back to the same habits a week later because nothing replaced them.

A question to check yourself and an AI practice session come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it

Resources for this stage

Practise

Forest (focus app)
Grows a virtual tree while you stay off your phone, a gentle push for focus sessions

Keep handy

Jeff Su (YouTube channel)
Practical walkthroughs for setting up your phone and tools to distract you less

Also worth your time

Deep Work (Cal Newport)Go deeperPaid
Why focused attention is rare and valuable, and how to protect it from distraction

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