I recall feeling like social media was taking up too much time. Instead of just quitting, I listened to tips from other people and figured out my own hacks to m

I recall feeling like social media was taking up too much time. Instead of just quitting, I listened to tips from other people and figured out my own hacks to minimize distraction. In a couple cases, I just uninstalled apps - though it wasn't easy because some people only communicate on certain apps. It's just that I realized that my time is more important. Some of my work is social media, so I do have to keep my accounts. On Facebook I set privacy so that only friends could see my activity or contact me and then unfriended everyone so that no-one could contact me - this lets me follow groups, manage pages, and access developer APIs without being bothered. On Twitter, where I mostly hang out, I have a list that I've made private and I only add people I really want to follow there. By minimizing exposure, I'm able to stay on a platform without wasting a lot of time.