Tips to Avoid Social Media Distractions While Studying Using A Phone
Are you having problems concentrating on your studies using your phone? Studying using a phone leads to the temptation of getting distracted and checking your social media.
If you’ve fallen into the habit of constantly browsing social media and news sites when you should be studying, here are some tips that will help you get back on track.
Once you are on your phone, close any social media sites you would have opened, that way you can’t get distracted by them anymore. When it’s time to join that Zoom classroom, everything related to social or other non-study-related media should be closed and your attention should be on your studies.
It may sound not real but giving yourself permission to use social media is actually a great way to have discipline. Use a calendar or planner and mark out a time during the day that you will let yourself go on social media as well as how long for. This is a trial and error so pick which time works best for you.
It’s important to be realistic with this schedule according to your social media habits otherwise it won’t work. Setting up the right schedule will enable you to have more control of your time and you’ll start to do more productive work rather than procrastinating.
Make us of reminders
This is where a ‘Screen time’ measuring app can be useful. Look at which apps you use often and write down which you need to impose limits on. For example, if you are on TikTok for two hours a day make a note saying, “Limit time spent on TikTok to 1 hour and 30 minutes”.
Do this each day, gradually cutting down the duration until you reach a time that is realistic for you to maintain. This is an effective way of training yourself to decrease your time spent on social media.
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