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Tips on Handling Stress from Social Media Overload
From a Christian Perspective
According to Brand Watch, “there are 3.725 billion active social media users.” The average person has 7 social media accounts.
I have six social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Parler, and Pinterest. I used to have 7, but then Google+ closed down. What social media accounts do you have?
Digital Information World shared research that the average person spends 142 minutes per day on social media. Have you ever checked how much time you spend on social media each day?
I never actually checked, but I usually post 10–12 tweets on Twitter each day and 2–3 posts on Facebook. I spend some time at night creating tweets and saving them in the drafts on Twitter for posting during the higher trafficked times throughout the day.
I have social media accounts, but I try not to get sucked into the vortex of scrolling through the news feeds. However, I do use my social media accounts to promote my magazine and books.
Facebook and Twitter have been excellent sources of traffic to my magazine website. Yet, I recognize that too much time on social media can be unproductive and cause me to get depressed because of the negativity online.
