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DID YOU KNOW 800 MILLION PEOPLE USE FACEBOOK EVERY DAY AND THE SITE ACCOUNTS FOR ONE OUT OF THE EVERY FIVE MINUTES USERS SPEND ON THEIR SMARTPHONES .
BUSINESS TRIP IF YOU WANT TO USE A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE FOR PERSONAL AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING , CONSIDER CREATING A SEPARATE ACCOUNT UNDER A NICKNAME , SO YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNT CLEAN .
DID YOU KNOW AS OF GRINDR ’ S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY IN 2014 , THE APP HAD MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOWNLOADS AND OVER 5 MILLION ACTIVE USERS WORLDWIDE .
TIPS TO CURB ONLINE ACTIVITY AND GET YOUR LIFE BACK
1 . SET BOUNDARIES ! SCHEDULE YOUR BROWSING TIME AND DECIDE HOW MANY HOURS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO BE ONLINE AND STICK TO IT !
2 . HOLD BACK A BIT . YOU DON ’ T HAVE TO LOOK AT OR REPLY TO EVERY MESSAGE , POST OR EMAIL RIGHT AWAY . IT HELPS TO DISABLE THOSE CONSTANT AND UNNECESSARY NOTIFI- CATIONS .
3 . CONSIDER ANY SOCIAL OCCASIONS SUCH AS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS AS DOWN-TIME . TURN OFF YOUR PHONE OR IF THAT ’ S TO CONFRONTING , SET IT TO SILENT .
4 . HAVE A WHOLE DAY OFFLINE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK WHEN YOU DON ’ T ACCESS ANY MO- BILE APPS OR WEBSITES .
HAVE A WHOLE DAY OFF AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK WHEN YOU DON ’ T ACCESS ANY MOBILE APPS OR WEBSITES
The most you browse through your social media websites and mobile apps , the more likely you are to feel unhappy and dissatisfied with your life . It ’ s not that people gravitate toward social media when they ’ re feeling blue , found a new study . Instead , social media use actually seems to breed discontent . It ’ s still not clear why - and it ’ s possible that only certain styles of online behaviour lead to distress - but the researchers have some suspicions .
“ Given the public nature of these sites , people end up reporting a lot of the positive things going on in their lives . and a user of Facebook might end up with a biased impression of the other people ’ s lives ,” said Oscar Ybarra , a psychologist at the University of Michigan . “ So , they might feel sub-par compared tot heir friends and all the wonderful things their friends are doing .”
Real-life relationships have all sorts of benefits , studies show . Positive social interactions can boost happiness and intelligence and lead to better decision-making . People who are more socially integrated live longer , healthier lives . The list of benefits , Ybarra said , “ goes on and on .”
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