Social Media Detox

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The first thing I reach for when I wake up is my phone and the last thing I am on at night is my phone, you could say I am permanently attached to my phone. Maybe I should called this post mobile  phone detox, I spend way too much time on my phone. Now that I am a blogger, my excuse for being on my phone and social media constantly is because it's part of my job as a blogger. I don't even want to know exactly how time I spend on my phone, it's just scary thinking about it.

As part of my 2015 goals, I have been trying to be a lot more productive and focused (check out what else is my 2015 goal list here) and the time spent on my phone is actually taking away from that. Imagine all the things I could actually be doing with my time, instead of spending god knows how long scrolling endless through Instagram (oh I do love a bit Instagram). I have come up with a few ways I could, limit the time I spend on my phone throughout my day and hopefully I will stick to these 'rules'.

1. Keep my phone far far away from me at bedtime. I usually go to bed at around 10pm when I am going to work but I don't go to sleep until much later because I am on phone and time just flies by. I gonna have to get my old alarm clock out because one of the reasons I have my phone close by is for the alarm (otherwise I wouldn't wake up). It's really hard but I have just been leaving my phone in the living room or on the other side of my bedroom. So far so good at least I am not bringing my phone to bed. 

2. As I have been leaving my phone well away from my bed, it's not the first thing I reach for in the mornings. This one I love because I have so much more time in the mornings and I can actually have breakfast. I feel just much more ready for the day and less tired.

3. I am going to limit the time I spend on my phone during the day. I have been trying to do an hour a day, and so far it's been ok but I have spent a little more time on there on some days. So I thought I would split the hour into 15 minutes, 4 times a day maybe that will work better (fingers crossed). I have got a lot more reading done and so much work done as well , who knew I could get so much done (I am just amazed).

I have been doing this for the last couple of days, and it has been quite hard which sounds ridiculous because it's a just phone and social media. But apparently I am an addict, but I have been strong and sticking to it and as I thought I have so much more time to do other things that I actually have to do or have been wanting to do. How much time do you spend on your phone ?

Zeynab x