What are some things that you do, that are more productive than staring at your phone?
Since January of this year, I have grown to love reading. I have learned what genre I enjoy most and have read almost fifteen books total! I have found that it has been as great distraction from staring at my phone.
Now that it is nicer weather, I have been outside playing with our girls. Actually, playing with them, not just sitting with my phone in my hand. Our girls absolutely love to be outside and get dirty. Starting last year, Tyler and I have made it a habit to take the girls out on hikes. Tyler and I only take our phones out to share pictures on Snapchat. We both love watching the kids enjoy nature and hearing their bazillion questions about what they see, while hiking.
Another thing that I do to replace social media is clean. No joke! I have found that I usually do the bare minimum to make our tiny home look clean. That just doesn't cut it. Once I began to put away my silly phone and really look around, I saw there was more I could to do, to make our home feel more inviting and less cluttered. Keeping busy with cleaning and making sure everything is Clorox, mopped and organized everyday, really doesn't give me time to check the latest gossip. It honestly helps with everyone's attitude too, coming to a clean home just makes everyone happier.
One of my most favorite ways to avoid picking up my phone, due to boredom is, exercise. It honestly is not hard to incorporate exercise in your daily schedule. I simply had to learn to be motivated to do so. No one can make you be motivated to workout, you have to want to do it. Instead of sitting on the couch agreeing with all the hateful Biden comments, get up and move. Dance with your kids! Go outside and play catch. Do kid yoga! Go on a walk! Trust me, you will feel a whole lot happier getting your heart pumping and you may have kiddos who will actually take a nap!
These are a few things that I have grown to love doing that replace social media time. Please share in the comments below what you could do or have been doing to replace the negative effects of been consumed with social media.
-Caitlin
