Believe it or not, every day we as a society become more and more tech-obsessed.  Can you believe that 500 million tweets are sent every single day?  Also, 1.28 billion people use Facebook almost daily.  So how do we know if our obsession with social media is a just a bit over the top? Looking at some of these signs that we are obsessed with social media, make me believe that it is quite possible that I am also guilty.

You make elaborate desserts and projects just to Instagram them.  I have seen people do this, although I have not done it myself.  I do find myself clicking the “like” or sharing a post so I can go back and refer to it later.  But, if you take extra time to make the project extra picture perfect just so you can post on social media, then you may have a sickness.
You can’t decorate for Christmas or feed the dog without tweeting about it.  Is this you?  Or do you know someone that does this?  Trust me, I do.  Yeah, it gets a bit old.  Scrolling scrolling just keep scrolling.  You just may have the social media disease if you feel that composing tweets about what you are doing as you do it.  There are only 24 hours in a day, the more time we spend sharing on social media, the less time we have to simply enjoy those activities ourselves.  Can I get an amen?

You know way too much about your connections.  Do you constantly know what your friends’ statuses are?  If you readily know that the person you recently met at a party just bought a house, you may be spending way too much time online.  It is believed that if you keep up with too many details of your friends’ lives, you can weaken the ability to make sense of our own lives.

You feel like you don’t measure up to your successful/happy/thriving friends.  I often find myself guilty of this.  I look on Facebook and discover that my friends are having so much more fun than I am.  I find myself envious at times.  It may be time to take a break if you are keeping up with what your friends are doing, rather than concentrating on what you could be doing.

You feel anxious when you don’t have access to your phone.  Do you check Facebook at traffic lights or while talking to your friends at the table? Do you refresh your Twitter feed as soon as you wake up or as you’re falling asleep? The more you’re on social media, the less material you actually have to talk about that’s interesting and worth having other people hear. Think about it: How many conversations or real-life events have you missed out on because you were too wrapped up in your phone? The more time you spend liking, the less likable your own world ends up becoming.

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